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AGXX40 KNHC 120601
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON APR 10 2010

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER GULF COAST STATES CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 15-20 
KT E WIND FLOW ACROSS MOST OF GULF OF MEXICO THRU LATE TUE.  THE 
RIDGE STRENGTHENS WED AND THU WITH INCREASING WINDS ESPECIALLY 
IN THE SE GULF. WIND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FRI TO BELOW 20 KT 
IN THE WESTERN GULF...W OF AROUND 90W.

WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE ATLC FROM 29N65W TO 28N70W
THEN A TROUGH TO 26N80W WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. NE WINDS 
15-20 KT N OF FRONT DIMINISH LATER TODAY. HIGH PRES CENTER N OF 
AREA CONTINUE EASTERLY BREEZE ACROSS THE SW PORTION OF THE AREA 
THROUGH LATE TUE.  RIDGE STRENGTHENS WED INCREASING NE TO E 
WINDS BY THU. THE RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 30N FRI WITH DECREASING
WINDS N OF 25N...HOWEVER NE WINDS 15-20 KT CONTINUE S OF 25N.
 
LOW PRES OVER COLOMBIA AND BUILDING ATLC RIDGE TIGHTEN PRES 
GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF CARIBBEAN WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR 
COAST OF COLOMBIA EARLY TODAY THEN THE  GRADIENT WEAKENS LATER
TODAY AND WINDS DECREASE BELOW 20 KT TUE THROUGH FRI.

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