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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST WED FEB 16 2011

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...
A 1032 MB HIGH PRES LOCATED OVER THE NE CONUS EXTENDS A RIDGE 
OVER THE GULF WATERS FROM NW FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO. THIS WEATHER 
PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. SLY RETURN FLOW 
HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION WITH WINDS IN 
THE 15-20 KT RANGE. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO ABOUT 7 FT IN 
THIS AREA THU THROUGH SUN. DIURNALLY DRIVEN NE WINDS OF 20 KT 
WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITHIN AROUND 90 NM OF THE 
COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. 20 KT ELY WINDS WILL ALSO FUNNEL 
THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM THE SW N ATLC IN THE 
EVENINGS. A WEAK HIGH WILL THEN FORM OVER THE NE GULF FRI AND 
SAT.   

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM 31N57W TO 20N73W. NE WINDS OF 20 
KT ARE CURRENTLY NOTED IN THE WINDWARD PASSAGE PER SOME SHIP 
OBSERVATIONS AND THE MOST RECENT ASCAT PASS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH 
TO 20 KT IN THIS AREA LATER TODAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL 
CONTINUE TO MOVE SE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLC WHILE THE WESTERN 
PORTION WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE OVER THE SE WATERS. HIGH PRES 
WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. NW TO N WINDS OF 20 TO 25 
KT WITH SEAS OF 9 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL 
BOUNDARY AFFECTING MAINLY THE AREA N OF 27N. WINDS WILL VEER TO 
THE NE AND E TODAY AS HIGH PRES OVER THE NE CONUS QUICKLY MOVES 
SE INTO THE WESTERN ATLC OCEAN. THEN...A RIDGE WILL EXTEND E-W 
FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO NE FL BY FRI. ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF 
THE RIDGE...A BELT OF NE WINDS AT 15-20 KT WILL DOMINATE THE 
WATERS S OF 23N E OF THE BAHAMAS ACCOMPANIED BY 8-11 FT SEAS IN 
N SWELL. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE NE PORTION OF THE 
AREA WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT SUN.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...
TRADE WINDS IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE ARE BLOWING ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
BASIN EXCEPT LOCALLY ENHANCED TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. THE 0238 AND 0240 UTC ASCAT PASSES CORROBORATED THIS 
WIND SPEEDS. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE N OF THE AREA WILL WEAKEN THU 
RESULTING IN DIMINISHED TRADE WIND FLOW OVER THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL ATLC WATERS THU. TRADE WINDS WILL 
INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND 
AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE N OF THE AREA STRENGTHENS. 

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER GR