Marine Weather Discussion

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AGXX40 KNHC 241842
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE TEXAS COAST THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EXTEND FROM THE SW LOUISIANA COAST TO NEAR TAMPICO 
MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE WESTERN 
BAY OF CAMPECHE WED AND FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA THU THEN SE OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. NLY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF 30 KT WINDS 
IN THE SW GULF W OF THE FRONT. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT CONTINUE 
ACROSS ALL BUT THE NW GULF THROUGH FRI THEN HIGH PRES BUILDS 
OVER SE LOUISIANA SAT WITH A VERY WEAK PRES PATTERN AND LIGHT 
WINDS. THE HIGH MOVES E SUN AND SLY RETURN FLOW WINDS INCREASE
TO 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF.

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC AREA FROM NEAR 
31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL LIFT N THROUGH WED WHEN A WEAK
LOW PRES THROUGH THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST WED NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO 
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE THU AND FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL CUBA 
FRI THEN WEAKEN FROM 26N65W TO HAITI SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN. NLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT THU NIGHT AND FRI THEN DECREASE SAT 
AND SUN AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT N 
OF 27N E OF FRONT LATE THU INTO FRI.

TRADES OF 20 KT OR MORE ARE CONFINED TO S OF 17N E OF 82W  WITH 
WINDS  UP TO 30 KT IN THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL DECREASE SOME 
LATER TONIGHT AND THU. BY SAT AND SUN 20 KT WINDS WILL BE 
CONFINED TO JUST NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE THU AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL 
CUBA TO HONDURAS FRI AND BECOMES DIFFUSE SAT. NLY WINDS BREIFLY 
INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THU AND FRI.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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