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AGXX40 KNHC 041736
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST SAT MAR 04 2006

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

DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO S TEXAS 
WILL BECOME DIFFUSE THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE AREA 
TONIGHT THROUGH MON WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
GULF. THE HIGH MOVES E TUE AND SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT 
OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THE SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT W 
OF 90W AND 15 TO 20 KT E OF 90W ON WED. STRONG SLY WINDS 
CONTINUE INTO THU THEN SHIFT TO THE N AND DECREASE W OF THE NEXT 
COLD FRONT WHICH WILL EXTEND FROM WESTERN LOUISIANA TO THE N 
COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 23N.

COLD FRONT HAS MOVED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE ATLC AND CURRENTLY 
EXTENDS FROM 26N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND WILL BE OVER 
THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA SUN AND E OF THE AREA MON. HIGH 
PRES MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH MOSTLY 10 TO 15 KT NLY WINDS 
TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF 25N E OF 70W SUN.
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MON BUT LARGE SWELL WILL 
LINGER E OF AROUND 72W/73W. THE HIGH MOVES E MON NIGHT AS THE 
NEXT FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST TUE AND EXTENDS FROM 31N 
72W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASE TO 
25 TO 30 KT BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT TUE AFTERNOON INTO 
EARLY WED AND COULD GO TO GALE FORCE WED. WINDS DECREASE ON THU 
EXCEPT FOR SE WINDS OF 20 KT W OF 75W.

THE ELY TRADES HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN. AS 
THE ATLC FRONT MOVES E LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN THE WINDS ONCE 
AGAIN INCREASE AS THE ATLC RIDGE BUILDS TO THE N. THE OF STRONG
AREAS DECREASES IN COVERAGE TUE NIGHT AND WED...THEN THE ATLC 
RIDGE ONCE AGAIN STRENGTHENS AND THE TRADE PICK ACROSS THE 
ENTIRE AREA THU.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS