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AGXX40 KNHC 080608
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
145 PM EDT WED APR 7 2010

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

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
GULF OF MEXICO LATER THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA 
TO TAMPICO MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-30 KT
W OF THE FRONT TODAY THE DECREASE TO 15-20 KT TONIGHT. THE FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE SE GULF FRI AND E OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT.
HIGH PRES BUILD OVER THE SE U.S. WITH ENOUGH OF A PRES GRADIENT
FOR ELY WINDS 15-20 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.

HIGH PRES...1023 MB...CENTERED NEAR 29N65W WITH AN E TO W RIDGE 
ALONG 29-30N. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER THIS 
MORNING. FLOW AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE IS 
PRODUCING ELY WINDS 15-20 KT S OF AROUND 25N. AS THE HIGH MOVES 
E THE WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA FRI 
NIGHT THEN DECREASE SAT. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT TONIGHT 
OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL 
MOVE OFF SE U.S. COAST THU NIGHT EXTENDING FROM 31N76W TO 
CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI AND FROM 31N69W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN

A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE  TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 
14N55W TO 12N60W SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. OTHER THAN 
ISOLATED SHOWERS THE BOUNDARY IS OF LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE.  NE TO 
E TRADES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE AREA...HOWEVER 
WINDS DECREASE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT.

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