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AGXX40 KNHC 071718
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM EST TUE MAR 07 2006

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM S FLORIDA NW TO 
NEAR HOUSTON TX. THE FRONT SHOULD BECOME DIFFUSE BY THIS EVENING
AND HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF AND INTO THE WESTERN 
ATLC. THIS COMBINED WITH LOWER PRES OVER THE MIDWEST WILL 
PRODUCE STRONG SLY WINDS STARTING IN THE WESTERN GULF TONIGHT 
THEN SPREADING OVER ALL BUT THE NE GULF WED AND THE ENTIRE AREA
THU. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF THU EXTENDING 
FROM SW LOUISIANA TO THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER THU AFTERNOON. 
WINDS BECOME WLY AND DECREASE W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT THEN 
DISSIPATES EARLY FRI. WITH STRONG SLY FLOW CONTINUING THROUGH 
THE WEEKEND.

COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN ATLC EXTENDS FROM 1008 MB LOW PRES 
NEAR 32N74W ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS INTO S FLORIDA. BUOYS 
OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST INDICATE 25 KT SUSTAINED WINDS AND SEAS 
UP TO 10 FT...HOWEVER THE LATEST QSCAT PASS SHOWS A LARGE AREA 
OF 30 KT WINDS WITH A FEW 35 KT WIND BARBS. CURRENT FORECAST 
PACKAGE HAS STORM WARNING FOR A BRIEF PERIOD TONIGHT...THINK
IT IS VERY MARGINAL BUT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WARNING. WINDS 
DECREASE FROM W TO E WED WITH GALE FORCE WINDS CONFINED TO THE 
FAR NE PORTION OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON THEN BELOW GALE FORCE 
WED NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA W OF THE FRONT. 
LARGE SWELLS LINGER OVER MUCH OF THE AREA NE OF THE BAHAMAS.
AS THE HIGH MOVES E SLY WINDS PICK UP W OF 75W THU THROUGH FRI 
THE DECREASE SAT AND SUN.

QSCAT PASS FROM THIS MORNING INDICATED 20 TO 25 KT WINDS IN THE 
CARIBBEAN NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND GFS KEEPS WINDS BELOW 
30 KT UNTIL WED THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WED NIGHT AS THE 
ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N OF THE AREA. SE WINDS INCREASE 
OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN THU CONTINUING THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE 
SLIGHTLY SUN.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
STORM WARNING N OF 27N BETWEEN 65W AND 77W...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS