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AGXX40 KNHC 140817
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
320 AM EST FRI DEC 14 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...
DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT EXTEND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 
NE TIP OF YUCATAN PENINSULA.  HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND BOUNDARY 
BRINGING GENTLE TO MODERATE ANTICYCLONIC BREEZE ACROSS MOST OF 
BASIN WITH SEAS TO 3-5 FT.  WINDS EXPECTED TO VEER SE TO S AND 
INCREASE TO FRESH SLY BREEZE W OF 95W SAT.  NEXT COLD FRONT 
FORECAST TO ENTER NW GULF PORTION LATE SUN AND MOVE ACROSS 
YUCATAN CHANNEL BY LATE TUE.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COOLER AIR PUSHES BEHIND COLD FRONT ACROSS SW ATLC AND FLORIDA 
WITH FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N69W TO SE TIP OF SOUTH FLORIDA. 
FRONT EXPECTED TO REACH FROM 31N66W TO 26N73W TO STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA EARLY FRI AND FROM 31N55W TO 23N68W EARLY SAT.  FRESH TO 
STRONG NE BREEZE WITH BUILDING SEAS TO 10 FT EXPECTED IN WAKE OF 
FRONT AS IT DISSIPATES OVER SE PORTIONS OF BASIN LATE SAT.  SLY 
RETURN FLOW INCREASES ALONG FLORIDA E COAST LATE SUN AND MON 
AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING OFF SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST LATE 
MON NIGHT OR TUE. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...
FRESH TRADE WINDS ACROSS MOST OF CARIBBEAN AND LOCALLY STRONG 
ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA AND CENTRAL PORTION OF BASIN START 
DIMINISHING AS SURFACE LOW PRES NEAR 18N50W AND ATTENDANT TROUGH 
WEAKENS CURRENT TIGHT GRADIENT.  AS AFOREMENTIONED ATLC COLD 
FRONT MOVES ACROSS SW N ATLC...LOW PRES AND TROUGH ARE SWEPT NE 
WITH A RETURN OF FRESH NE TO E BREEZE BY LATE MON AND TUE. 

NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT 
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

SW N ATLANTIC...
.NONE.
  
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES