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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 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...
COLD FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE. NLY WINDS 
20-25 KT W OF FRONT. FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
THIS EVENING THEN DISSIPATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THU AND 20 KT 
WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NE GULF AND BELOW 20 KT ACROSS 
THE ENTIRE GULF LATE THU. WEAK HIGH OVER THE CENTRAL GULF FRI 
AND SAT WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE HIGH MOVES 
E SUN AND SLY WINDS INCREASE 15-20 KT OVER THE NW GULF SUN INTO 
MON.

SW N ATLC...
LARGE NLY SWELLS ACROSS THEN NE PORTION OF THE AREA WILL SUBSIDE 
TO BELOW 8 FT TONIGHT. COLD FRONT ALONG THE SE U.S. COAST WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO NW BAHAMAS TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE TO 
31N68W TO S FLORIDA THU THEN DISSIPATE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ON 
FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT THEN DECREASE AS 
THE FRONT DISSIPATES FRI. WEAK PRES PATTERN WITH RATHER LIGHT 
WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRI THROUGH SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
BRUSHES THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA MON...HOWEVER THE WINDS 
WILL REMAIN LIGHT.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA HAS WEAKENED SOME AS A COLD FRONT MOVES 
OFF THE SE U.S. COAST WITH THE 20 KT TRADES CONFINED TO THE S 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. THE FRONT MOVES E AND ONCE AGAIN HIGH PRES 
BUILDS NE OF THE AREA RESULTING IN WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT 
OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SAT AND SUN. WINDS THEN DECREASE ON 
MON AS THE ONCE AGAIN THE RIDGE MOVES E AND ANOTHER COLD MOVES 
THROUGH THE ATLC.

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