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AGXX40 KNHC 081811
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010

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

ATLC...
HIGH PRES 1023 MB AT 29N64W HAS E-W RIDGE ALONG 29N.  HIGH PRES 
MOVE E OF AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  FLOW AROUND RIDGE SOUTHERN 
PERIPHERY PRODUCING FRESH ELY WINDS S OF 25N AND STRONG S WINDS 
N OF 27N W OF 72W AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES NW CORNER OF BASIN.  
FRONT ENTERS FORECAST WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND REACH 31N68W TO NE 
BAHAMAS FRI NIGHT AND 28N65W TO HAITI LATE SAT.  FRONT MOVE E OF 
AREA SUN AS HIGH PRES REBUILDS OVER BASIN MON AND TUE.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...
WEAK STATIONARY FRONT FROM 15N55W TO 13N61W BECOME DIFFUSE FRI. 
ATLC HIGH PRES MAINTAINS FRESH TO MODERATE BREEZE ACROSS 
CARIBBEAN.  COLD FRONT CROSSES YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI NIGHT AND 
DISSIPATE BY SAT.  NE TO E TRADES PREVAIL THROUGH REMAINDER OF 
AREA.

GULF OF MEXICO...
COLD FRONT FROM 30N89W TO 26N97W MOVE E TO EXTEND FROM 30N84W TO 
22N88W TONIGHT.  N-NE WINDS W OF FRONT INCREASE TO NEAR GALE 
FORCE THIS AFTERNOON BUT QUICKLY DIMINISH TO A MODERATE BREEZE 
LATE TONIGHT.  FRONT REACH FROM SW FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA LATE FRI AND MOVE OUT OF GULF BY FRI NIGHT.  HIGH PRES 
REBUILD OVER SE U.S. PROMPTING FRESH E-NE FRESH BREEZE ACROSS 
BASIN SAT THROUGH TUE.  

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES