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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EDT FRI APR 8 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...
AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE ATLC ACROSS N FL AND THE 
NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS. SE-S WINDS CONTINUE TO PULSE AT 15-20 
KT OVER MOST WATERS W OF 90W...AND 10-15 KT ELSEWHERE EXCEPT 
VARIABLE 5-10 KT NEAR RIDGE OVER NE PART. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED 
TILL A WEAK COLD FRONT REACHES TX COAST LATE SUN NIGHT...AND 
CONTINUES E STALLING FROM MS DELTA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE 
MON. HIGH PRES BUILDS W TUE AS REMNANTS OF FRONT DECAY.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC W OF 55W...
A BROAD FRONTAL TROUGH IS DECAYING FROM 26N55W TO 24N65W WHILE 
AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDS ALONG 29N TO THE W OF 55W. THE RIDGE 
SHIFTS S AND BECOMES ORIENTATED W TO E ALONG 27N SAT AND SUN AS 
A WEAK COLD FRONT DIPS INTO THE NE PART...STALLING BETWEEN 
BERMUDA AND THE RIDGE ON SAT NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATES 
THROUGH MON. THE RIDGE BUILDS FROM E TO W ALONG 28N EARLY TUE 
BUT RETRACTS E ALLOWING ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE GA 
COAST LATE MON NIGHT...REACHING FROM 31N68W TO THE N BAHAMAS AT 
SUNRISE WED.
 
CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
A DECAYING BOUNDARY IS EVIDENT OVER THE E CARIBBEAN ISLANDS N OF 
15N...EXTENDING NW ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...THEN CONTINUING W 
OVER THE GREATER ANTILLES AND TO JUST W OF JAMAICA...AND IS 
ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF SHOWERS. NE-E TRADES WILL CONTINUE AT 20-25 
KT OVER S CENTRAL AND SW CARIBBEAN THIS WEEKEND WITH THE 
GRADIENT RELAXING SOME EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHTER E TRADES 
CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH PERIOD.  

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