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AGXX40 KNHC 121802
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT WED MAY 12 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...SE WINDS 20-25 KT THROUGHOUT WILL RELAX TO 
15-20 KT THU NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SAT...THEN DIMINISH 
TO 10-15 KT SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT. HOWEVER MAY SEE ABOUT 5 
KT HIGHER IN FL STRAITS...AND DURING EVENINGS ALONG NW YUCATAN 
COAST. 

SW ATLC...A FRONTAL TROUGH IS LOSING IDENTITY FROM 30N55W TO 
26N65W TO GRAND BAHAMA. HIGH PRES ALREADY BRIDGING THE FRONT 
WILL FURTHER INCREASE SUPPORTING NE-E 20-25 KT OVER WATERS S OF 
26N THROUGH FRI. AS RIDGE SETS UP E-W ALONG 29N THIS WEEKEND 
EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVER WATERS N OF 27N...EXCEPT OCNL SE 
10-15 KT ALONG NE FL COAST. S OF 27N WILL BE MOSTLY E AT 15-20 
KT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK EVEN AFTER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS N OF AREA 
ON SUN.   
 
CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...AS THE ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS TO 
THE N THE STRONG ELY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE 
STRONGEST WINDS 25-30 KT ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE WINDS 
WILL DIMINISH TO 15-20 KT MOST OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS 
THE HIGH WEAKENS. A SERIES OF LOW LATITUDE TROPICAL WAVES WILL 
PASS THROUGH THE TROPICAL WATERS S OF 10N WITH MOST SIGNIFICANT 
WAVE...CURRENTLY ALONG 34W AND ACCOMPANIED BY ABUNDANT TSTMS... 
ARRIVING ALONG 55W SUN NIGHT.   


WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER NELSON