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AGXX40 KNHC 180622
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SAT DEC 18 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NEAR 
TAMPICO MEXICO THE FRONT WILL MOVE E LATER TODAY TO THE FAR SE 
GULF THEN E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF 
NLY WINDS TO 20 W OF THE FRONT TODAY AND MAY INCREASE TO 20-25 
KT IN THE SW GULF ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. 
WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE 
NE GULF MON WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST TUE AND 
INTO THE NE GULF WED. WINDS WILL MOSTLY LIGHT WITH THE FRONT.

ATLC 1021 MB IS CENTERED NEAR 28N66W WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA BY 
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING SLY WINDS OVER THE NW PORTION 
OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA. THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE FLORIDA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 
EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY SUN AND FROM 29N65W TO 
HAITI EARLY  MON AND E OF THE AREA TUE. STRONG SLY WINDS 
CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT 
BEHIND THE FRONT THEN DECREASE FROM W TO E LATE MON AND TUE. 
HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT. ANOTHER FRONT BRUSHES THE FAR N 
PORTION OF THE ARE WED INCREASING WLY WINDS TO 20-25 KT.

STRONG NE WINDS AND LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NE 
CARIBBEAN AND NORTHERN TROPICAL ATLC ZONE THEN SUBSIDE BY EARLY 
SUN. TROUGH EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA 15N76W WILL DRIFT E TO 75W 
SUN IN RESPONSE A GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT THAT MOVES INTO THE 
NW CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT. THE TROUGH GRADUALLY WEAKENS AS THE 
FRONT TO ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN CARIBBEAN AND EXTENDS FROM 
20N55W TO PUERTO RICO LATE TUE AND WED.

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