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AGXX40 KNHC 081750
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST WED MAR 08 2006

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

HIGH PRES IN THE WESTERN ATLC COMBINED WITH LOW PRES OVER THE 
SOUTHERN PLAINS IS PRODUCING STRONG SLY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF OF MEXICO. LATEST BUOYS OBSERVATIONS INDICATE 20 TO 25 KT 
WINDS AND SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE 
MIDDLE GULF TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THU. WEAK COLD 
FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NW GULF LATE THU THEN DISSIPATES THU 
NIGHT. WINDS DECREASE W OF THE FRONT BRIEFLY THEN MODERATE TO 
STRONG SLY WINDS PICK BACK UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MON.

COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE AND SHOULD 
BE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO BELOW GALE 
FORCE W OF 65W...SO WILL DISCONTINUE THE GALE WARNING. HIGH PRES 
OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA WILL MOVE E AND SLY WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE THU NIGHT INTO FRI N OF 27N W OF 75W.
THE HIGH WEAKENS AND THE SLY WINDS DECREASE ON SAT.

WINDS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KT NEAR COLOMBIA AS 
THE ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS...THIS SHOULD HOLD THROUGH THE 
ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. SE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NW 
CARIBBEAN THU...AND COULD INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT FRI AND SAT 
BEFORE DECREASING SUN AND MON. WITH THE ATLC RIDGE IN PLACE N OF 
THE AREA EXPECT BRISK TRADES THROUGH MON.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS