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AGXX40 KNHC 190551
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON APR 19 2010

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

A 1008 MB LOW IS CURRENTLY OVER SW FLORIDA WITH TROUGH IN THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE TROUGH AND LOW WILL MOVE E OF THE
AREA LATER TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NW
GULF OF MEXICO AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE UPPER
COAST OF MEXICO EARLY TUE THEN DISSIPATE TUE NIGHT. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH WED THEN SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT
OVER THEN NW GULF THU AND W OF AROUND 87W ON FRI.

WEAK ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO N FLORIDA...WITH
A 1008 MB LOW PRES OVER SW FLORIDA WITH TROUGH INTO THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. THE LOW AND THE TROUGH WILL MOVE NE AND MERGE WITH
THE COLD FRONT. THE MERGED FRONT AND TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM
29N65W TO THE NE BAHAMAS TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM
27N65W TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS TUE THEN ACROSS THE FAR SE PORTION
OF THE AREA WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL
MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA WED AND EXTEND FROM
31N70W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS THU THEN MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE 
AREA FRI. COULD SEE SOME 15-20 KT WINDS E OF THE TROUGH. A WEAK 
HIGH PRES OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI WITH LIGHT WINDS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. 

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM WESTERN CUBA TO 19N83W 
WILL EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA TO 18N81W THIS EVENING THE MOVE
NE OF THE AREA TUE. NW WINDS 10-15 KT W OF THE TROUGH...THEN THE 
WINDS BECOME ELY TUE AS THE TROUGH MOVES NE OF THE AREA. ELY 
TRADE 15-20 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA TODAY WILL DECREASE TO 
BELOW 20 KT TONIGHT AS THE LOW AND FRONT MOVE INTO THE ATLC.
THE TRADES ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE S CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN THU AND 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