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AGXX40 KNHC 101738
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006

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

BUOYS INDICATE THAT THE WINDS HAVE COME DOWN OVER THE WESTERN
AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...BUT LARGE SE SWELLS CONTINUE IN THE 
WESTERN GULF. LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE THE TRENDS OF THE 
CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE....WITH MODERATE TO STRONG SLY WINDS 
ONCE AGAIN SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF AS THE ATLC HIGH 
STRENGTHENS AND LOW PRES MOVES ACROSS THE MIDWEST. WINDS 
DECREASE SUN NIGHT AND MON AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND MOVES EWD 
WITH THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES TO THE 
TEXAS COAST LATE MON AND THEN MOVES RAPIDLY AND EXTENDS FROM 
TAMPA BAY TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE AFTERNOON THEN E OF THE AREA 
WED. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INCREASING 
THE NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT TO 20 TO 25 KT TUE...THE HIGH 
MOVES INTO THE SE U.S. WED AND WINDS BECOME SLY ACROSS THE 
WESTERN GULF.

HIGH PRES RIDGE IN THE ATLC ALONG 28N/29N WILL MOVE TO 30N/31 
FRI NIGHT THROUGH TUE. THEN MOVES E OF THE ARE IN ADVANCE OF THE 
NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST TUE. THE 
FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO S 
FLORIDA WED MORNING. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN OFF THE 
NE FLORIDA COAST ON TUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BECOMING NLY 15 TO 
20 KT W OF THE FRONT. MODERATE ELY FLOW WILL CONTINUE S 25N  
TONIGHT THEN DECREASE TUE AS THE RIDGE MOVES E AND WEAKENS.

STRONG WINDS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN...25-30 KT...NEAR THE COAST 
OF COLOMBIA AS HIGH PRES RIDGING SWD TOWARDS THE CARIBBEAN. 
THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE MON INTO TUE AS THE 
RIDGE WEAKENS. ELSEWHERE SE WINDS 20-25 KT SE WINDS ACROSS THE 
NW CARIBBEAN...WITH NE TO E WINDS OF 20-25 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. WITH THE ATLC RIDGE IN PLACE THE 
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BRISK THROUGH THE WEEKEND THEN START TO 
DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK INTO WED.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS