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AGXX40 KNHC 231801
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W

GULF OF MEXICO DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN 
PENINSULA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE TONIGHT. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD 
FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE LATE TODAY EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG 
BEND TO 25N92W INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 20N95W WED. GALE 
FORCE WINDS EXPECTED S OF 27N W OF THE FRONT. THE GALE WILL 
CONTINUE INTO WED AND BRIEFLY EXTEND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION 
OF THE MIDDLE GULF ZONE. THE WINDS THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY ON THU. 
HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT THEN SHIFTS E FRI WITH THE 
NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI AFTERNOON AND 
MOVE RAPIDLY E AND EXTEND FROM NW FLORIDA TO EASTERN BAY OF 
CAMPECHE EARLY SAT AND E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES 
OVER EASTERN GULF ON SUN.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH SLY WINDS UP 
TO 25 KT E OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WEAKENS OVER THE E PORTION OF 
THE AREA TONIGHT AND MOVES E OF THE AREA WED...WITH MOSTLY LIGHT 
WINDS. THE NEXT STRONGER FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE 
WED AND EXTENDS 31N74W TO WESTERN CUBA WED NIGHT AND FROM 31N67W 
TO WINDWARD PASSAGE THU AND OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA 
ON FRI AND E OF THE AREA SAT. STRONG WINDS INCREASE TO GALE 
FORCE FOR A BRIEF TIME WED NIGHT AND THU N OF 29N E OF FRONT.
WINDS DECREASE ON FRI HOWEVER LARGE NW SWELLS MOVE IN BEHIND THE 
FRONT AND LINGER INTO FRI AND SUBSIDE A LITTLE ON SAT. SLY WINDS 
INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT 
COLD FRONT LATE SAT AND MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA SUN AND 
MOVES E OF THE AREA LATE SUN.

TRADES HAVE DECREASED  OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AS THE ATLC 
RIDGE HAS MOVED E. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW 
CARIBBEAN WED AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NICARAGUA WED 
NIGHT AND FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO COSTA RICA THU THEN 
DISSIPATES OVER THE NE CARIBBEAN FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE BRIEFLY 
TO GALE FORCE BRIEFLY W OF THE FRONT WED NIGHT AND EARLY THU.
THEN DECREASE ON FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE 
INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.
 
CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS