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AGXX40 KNHC 051719
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST SUN MAR 05 2006

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH WIND LESS THAN 15 
KT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUE THEN 
THE HIGH STRENGTHENS AND MOVES E...AND LOWER PRES DEVELOPS OVER 
TEXAS WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASING SLY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF. THE STRONG WINDS SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY WED AND 
THU. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF LATE THU THEN QUICKLY 
DISSIPATES FRI...WITH A RETURN TO SLY WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
AREA.

WEAKENING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE FAR SE PART OF THE ZONE 
WILL MOVE E OF AREA THIS EVENING. NW WINDS TO 20 KT AND SWELLS 
TO 12 FT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE AREA 
TONIGHT....THEN WINDS/SEAS WILL TREND DOWNWARD AS HIGH PRES 
MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST PRODUCING LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 
OVER THE N HALF OF THE AREA AND MODERATE ELY WINDS OVER THE S 
HALF. THE BREAK BETWEEN FRONTS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS SLY WINDS 
PICK BACK UP AGAIN N OF 27N W OF 75W LATE MON IN ADVANCE OF 
DEVELOPING LOW PRES OFF THE SE COAST. THE DEVELOPING LOW WILL 
DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TUE AND WED. THE GFS HAS BEEN 
CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING GALE FORCE WINDS WITH THE FRONT OVER 
THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST 
TRENDS AND HEADLINE GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE THROUGH WED.  
THE FRONT MOVES E OF AREA THU AND FRI WITH WINDS/SEAS TRENDING 
DOWNWARD.

COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC 
TONIGHT AND MON.  THE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND THE ONLY 
AFFECT THE AREA WILL BE A WIND SHIFT AND A LIGHT INCREASE IN NLY 
SWELLS. HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE W ATLC WITH SOME INCREASE IN 
THE TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN.

SW N ATLANTIC...


WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS