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AGXX40 KNHC 310644
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
A 1019 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 26N91W DOMINATES THE ENTIRE 
GULF REGION. AS A RESULT...GENTLE TO MODERATE BREEZE PREVAILS 
OVER THE GULF WATERS. THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE N 
WATERS ALLOWING SLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP...AND INCREASE TO 20 
TO 25 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI AHEAD OF 
THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI 
NIGHT INTO SAT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE 
BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE SAT BEFORE STALLING. THE FRONT IS FORECAST 
TO MOVE NWD AS A WARM FRONT TOWARD THE N GULF STATES AS SE 
RETURN FLOW IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE ESTABLISHES ACROSS THE 
REGION SUN.  

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...
A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM 31N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. THE 
GALE CONDITIONS N OF 29N E OF THE FRONT HAS SHIFTED N OF THE 
AREA TUE NIGHT AS INDICATED FROM THE LATEST ASCAT PASS. THE 
FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N60W TO HISPANIOLA WED NIGHT...THEN MOVE 
OUT OF REGION THU NIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD 
ACROSS THE WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
THE COLD FRONT OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA TUE HAS DISSIPATED. FRESH 
TO STRONG TRADE WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE E AND CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN AS INDICATED BY THE LATEST ASCAT PASS. THE FRESH TO 
STRONG TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE FORECAST 
PERIOD. 

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