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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

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 EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. 
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL 
MEXICO COAST BY THIS EVENING...AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND 
REGION TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL 
PREVAIL BEHIND THE FRONT S OF 26N THROUGH SAT. THE FRONT WILL 
BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE GULF LATE SAT AND WEAKEN TO A TROUGH 
OVER THE SW GULF SUN. THE TROUGH WILL THEN DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE 
AS A RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL 
APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST WED.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRES ACROSS THE SW N ATLC WATERS WITH 15-20 KT SLY 
WINDS N OF AROUND 27N W OF 70W. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL SHIFT 
EASTWARD TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S  COAST THIS 
EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA 
LATE SAT THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA SUN AND 
SUN NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN ITS WAKE. 


CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
FRESH TO STRONG TRADEWINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC 
AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FORECAST 
PERIOD. ELY WINDS IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN.
   
WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ080-082...GALE WARNING TONIGHT-SAT.

.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