Marine Weather Discussion

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AGXX40 KNHC 130707
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST MON FEB 13 2012

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA 
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES CENTERED N OF THE GULF WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA 
TONIGHT. SLY WINDS 20-25 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF AS THE HIGH 
PRES CENTER CONTINUES SHIFTING E...THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL 
SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN GULF TUE AND STALL FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO 
THE CENTRAL GULF BY WED MORNING. THE FRONTAL TROUGH WILL THEN 
LIFT N ON WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
EARLY THU AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO THU 
AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. 

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 21N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. WINDS HAVE 
DECREASED TO BELOW GALE FORCE WITH THE FRONT...HOWEVER LARGE 
SWELLS UP TO 20 FT ARE NOTED OVER THE NE PART OF THE AREA. THE 
SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW 8 FT ACROSS THE AREA BY 
THU. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. A WEAK COLD 
FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA WED AND THU. 
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW PART OF THE AREA 
BY FRI MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE 
SE U.S. COAST FRI AFTERNOON. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
DISSIPATING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA WILL 
BECOME DIFFUSE TONIGHT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN. THE FRONT WILL 
BRUSH THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE EARLY TODAY 
WHERE IT WILL STALL AND WEAKEN THROUGH TUE AND DISSIPATE BY 
EARLY WED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT N 
OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH MODERATE TO FRESH TRADEWINDS 
PREVAILING. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PART OF THE 
AREA FRI NIGHT.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

.SW N ATLC...
.NONE.  

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

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HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER AL