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AGXX40 KNHC 110734
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013

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...
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH MON AS HIGH 
PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF SHIFTS EASTWARD. A WEAK COLD FRONT 
HAS MOVED OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO 
STALL OVER THE NORTH GULF WATERS THROUGH TUE. LOW PRES FORECAST 
TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT EARLY WED WILL MOVE NE ACROSS THE SE 
U.S. WHILE PUSHING A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS THE GULF. THE FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO SW GULF EARLY WED THEN 
WEAKEN TO A FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF THU.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SE OVER THE REGION AND WINDS AND SEAS 
WILL INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MON EVENING. 
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE LATE TUE AND WED OVER NW PORTION 
AHEAD OF A LOW PRES SYSTEM MOVING NE ACROSS THE SE U.S. A COLD 
FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED EVENING...THEN 
WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N66W TO S FLORIDA BY THU 
EVENING.


CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...
FRESH TO STRONG NE TRADES WILL PERSIST NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA THROUGH THU. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE WINDS WILL 
DOMINATE THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH TUE. LONG 
PERIOD NW TO N SWELLS WILL REACH THE NE CARIBBEAN ATLC PASSAGES 
AND N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC MON EVENING...THEN 
PROPAGATE SE ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND THE FAR EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE WED AND THU.

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

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

SW N ATLC...
.NONE. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS