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AGXX40 KNHC 021738
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST THU MAR 02 2006

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

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO FROM 27N87W TO THE 
NW COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE TROUGH SHOULD DISSIPATE 
SHOULD DISSIPATE TONIGHT. THE NEXT FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE N GULF 
COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO S TEXAS FRI 
AFTERNOON AND BECOME DIFFUSE FRI NIGHT. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY 
INCREASE N OF THE FRONT FRI AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS 
THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND THEN MOVES S MON AS A WEAK COLD 
FRONT MOVES TO THE COAST MON THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF FROM 
NEAR NEW ORLEANS TO CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY TUE.

RIDGE ACROSS THE ATLC ALONG 25N/26N WILL MOVE S AND E LATE 
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI AS COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY TO 31N68W TO 
28N80W FRI AFTERNOON. STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT BECOME 
NLY AND DECREASE W OF THE FRONT FRI. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 
29N65W TO W CUBA SAT AND FROM 27N65W TO HISPANIOLA SUN AND E OF 
THE AREA MON. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA MON WITH LIGHT 
WINDS...HOWEVER LARGE NLY SWELL MAY LINGER OVER THE E POTION OF 
THE AREA E OF AROUND 72W. THE HIGH WILL MOVE EWD AS THE NEXT 
FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY TO 31N70W TO 28N80W EARLY SUN.

BRISK TRADES CONTINUE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...BUT NOT AS
STRONG AS PREVIOUS DAYS...MOSTLY 20 TO 25 KT. THE AREA BECOMES 
SMALLER OVER THE WEEKEND THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON MON AS THE ATLC 
RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND LOWER PRES DEVELOPS OVER COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS