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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EST TUE DEC 27 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 EXTENDING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO 25N92W 
THEN STATIONARY TO 18N93W. NW WINDS 20-25 KT N OF 25N W OF THE 
FRONT WITH SW WINDS 15-20 KT E OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PASSAGE THIS 
EVENING AND E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN GULF THU WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT WITH LIGHT WINDS 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE 
RAPIDLY E OF LATER TODAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ENTER NW PORTION OF 
BASIN LATE TODAY AND STALLS FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA LATE 
WED THEN DISSIPATE FRI. STRONG TO SLY WINDS...TO 30 KT...N OF 
27N BOTH E AND W OF FRONT WED WILL DECREASE THU THROUGH SAT 
ACROSS ENTIRE AREA AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND FRONT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES CENTER OVER SW N ATLC WEAKENS AND SHIFT E AS COLD 
FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC RELAXING PRES GRADIENT OVER CARIBBEAN.  
STRONG ELY WINDS...25-30 KT...WHICH HAS BEEN DOMINATING AREA 
WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY TO 20-25 KT BETWEEN 70W-80W TODAY AND 
TONIGHT DECREASE EVEN MORE BY WED AND THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF 
THE AREA SAT AND WINDS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO 20-30 KT WITH SEAS 
BUILDING 8-12 FT.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE .

.SW N ATLC...
.NONE.
    
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS