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AGXX40 KNHC 230624
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST THU DEC 23 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.

WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR HOUSTON WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE 
AREA LATE TODAY. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS 
COAST FRI WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT. 
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO 
MEXICO SAT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY SUN THEN 
MOVE E OF THE AREA SUN AFTERNOON. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO 
9 FT OVER THE SW GULF SAT AND SUN THEN SUBSIDE MON.

ATLC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA 
EARLY TODAY AND EXTEND FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS 
EVENING THEN E OF THE AREA LATE FRI. STRONG NLY WITH THE FRONT 
WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA 
SAT WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS WITH LARGE NLY SWELLS TO 16 FT E OF 
75W WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA. 
ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE 
SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA SUN AND FROM 
31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY MON. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED N 
OF 27N WITHIN 210 NM E OF THE FRONT SUN AND MON. 

CARIBBEAN TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NEAR BARBADOS TO 11N66W WILL 
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. LARGE NLY SWELLS MOVING INTO THE N 
PORTION OF TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL SPREAD S TO N OF AROUND 10N 
BY FRI AND THE ENTIRE AREA BY SAT AND SUN. THE SWELLS WILL 
PROPAGATE THROUGH THE ATLC PASSAGES INTO THE NE CARIBBEAN. COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND 
FROM  E CUBA TO PANAMA LATE MON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W 
OF THE FRONT OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON.

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