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AGXX40 KNHC 100649
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
150 AM EST WED MAR 10 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
STRONG S-SE FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AS 
PER LATEST ASCAT PASS AND BUOY OBS. SEAS RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 FT 
ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF AND 2 TO 4 FT ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. A 
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. A 
STRONGER...REINFORCING FRONT WILL SHIFT OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON 
THU. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE E ACROSS THE GULF...FINALLY SHIFTING 
SE OF THE AREA SAT MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE 
GULF THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA...
FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS TO 
SOUTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS THEN TO NW VENEZUELA. FRESH BREEZE 
PREVAILS ACROSS MUCH OF CARIBBEAN WATERS. BROAD HIGH PRES WILL 
DOMINATE THE SW N ATLC THROUGH THU AND MAINTAIN FRESH EASTERLY 
TRADES ACROSS BASIN...HIGHER ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. WINDS HAVE 
INCREASED TO FRESH TO STRONG ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. THESE 
WINDS WILL MAINTAIN THROUGH FRI NIGHT WHEN A COLD FRONT ENTERS 
THE NW CARIBBEAN. THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NE 
HONDURAS SAT NIGHT...AND WILL STALL FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO 
HONDURAS SUN NIGHT. 

SW N ATLC...
HIGH PRES PREVAILS ACROSS THE SW N ATLANTIC BASIN WITH LIGHT TO 
GENTLE BREEZE NOTED THROUGHOUT AREA WITH SLIGHT SEAS CAPPED BY 
LINGERING MODERATE N SWELL S OF 24N. THE HIGH PRES CENTER WILL 
SHIFT E OF AREA THU...AND S-SE WINDS INCREASE W OF 75W AHEAD OF 
A WEAK COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF COAST OF FLORIDA FRI 
NIGHT...WITH A STRONGER REINFORCING FRONT SHIFTING OFF THE 
FLORIDA COAST SAT MORNING. SW GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY N OF 
27N E OF THE COLD FRONT FRI AND SAT.

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER AL