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AGXX40 KNHC 110714
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
214 AM EST WED FEB 11 2015

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN
SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND
64W...AND THE SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS.

...GULF OF MEXICO...
 
MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDEDWITH
OFFICIAL FORECAST.

HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MOVE E. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF THU AND MOVE RAPIDLY SE OF THE AREA BY
FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. NE WINDS
BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT THU. OTHERWISE 
WINDS GENERALLY 15 KT OR LESS...EXCEPT WLY WINDS INCREASING TO
15-20 KT LATE SUN THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.

...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...

MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED
WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WINDS.

A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS ACROSS THE N CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI. COLD
FRONT FROM HISPANIOLA TO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WILL EXTEND FROM
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NE COAST OF HONDURAS LATER TODAY. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL DISSIPATE
TONIGHT. LARGE NW SWELL WILL REACH THE NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES AND
TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS EARLY FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL
BE 15 KT OR LESS ACROSSTHE AREA UNTIL A RIDGE WILL BUILD IN FROM
W GULF OF MEXICO SAT AND STRENGTHEN PRES GRADIENT W HALF OF THE
CARIBBEAN FOR 20 KT N-NE WINDS ALONG COAST OF NICARAGUA
INCREASING AND EXPANDING TO 20-25 KT SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN.

...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED
WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WINDS.

COLD FRONT FROM 24N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL MOVE INTO THE
SE PORTION OF THE AREA LATER TODAY AND E OF THE AREA THU. A SECOND
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO E CUBA WILL MOVE 31N65W TO
24N69W TONIGHT AND MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA LATE THU. GALES
BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. LARGE
NW SWELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE E OF THE BAHAMAS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDEBY SAT.

$$

.WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE
COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE:

.GULF OF MEXICO...
     NONE.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...
     NONE.

.SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...
.AMZ113...GALE WARNING EARLY TODAY. GALE CONDITIONS SUN.
.AMZ115...GALE WARNING TODAY INTO TONIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE SUN.
.AMZ121...GALE WARNING TODAY.

$$

*FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTAFBPROD.SHTML#OWF

NOTE: GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) AT:
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/MARINE/GRIDS.PHP

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANE WARNINGS.GOV/MARINE

$$

.FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.