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AGXX40 KNHC 111641
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1200 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

HIGH PRES WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS ACROSS ENTIRE DISCUSSION AREA 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND THEN COLD FRONT ENTERS NW GULF MON AND NW 
ATLC PORTION TUE. GRADIENT SUPPORTING 20-25 KT OVER THE CENTRAL 
GULF OF MEXICO AND NW CARIBBEAN ATTM AND ELY 20 KT REMAINDER OF 
TROPICS...EXCEPT FOR 25-30 KT OFFSHORE COLOMBIAN WATERS. SEAS TO 
11 FT MIDDLE GULF....13 FT NEAR COLOMBIA. 

THE RIDGE WILL RETREAT E OF GULF SUN NIGHT AND MON IN ADVANCE OF 
THE MON AFTERNOON REACHING A PSN FROM NE FLORIDA TO THE E BAY OF 
CAMPECHE LATE TUE...MOVING E OF GULF WED MORNING. NLY WINDS 
BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE 20-25 KT TUE WITH SEAS TO 9 FT. S OF THE 
FRONT WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. HIGH PRES IN WAKE OF THE FRONT 
BECOMING SLY THU.

ATLC PORTION OF RIDGE WILL RETREAT E OF AREA TUE AND WED IN 
ADVANCE OF FRONT TUE AFTERNOON WHICH WILL REACH LINE FROM ABOUT 
31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WED AFTERNOON. SLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
INCREASE TO 20 KT...PERHAPS 25 KT...ALONG THE NE FLORIDA COAST 
TUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND TO NLY 20 KT N OF THE FRONT TUE AND 
WED. NE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SE PART OF THE SW N ATLC 
DECEASING TUE. 

CARIBBEAN WINDS EXPECTED TO DECREASE MON INTO TUE AS THE RIDGE 
WEAKENS. RESIDUAL NLY CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NE CARIBBEAN 
PASSAGES TODAY SUBSIDING LATE TONIGHT AND SUN.

ATLC RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN NE WINDS ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC 
THROUGH TUE NIGHT AS RIDGE RETREATS. SEAS NEAR 10 FT OVER THE 
NORTHERN PART THROUGH MON DECREASING TO 9 FT WED...SLIGHTLY 
ABOVE NWW3 GUIDANCE.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON