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AGXX40 KNHC 131726
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006

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

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS S TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE BY TUE MORNING. LATEST BUOYS 
INDICATE THAT THE SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE DECREASED TO 
10 TO 15 KT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT W 
OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY AND WILL BE E OF THE AREA 
LATE TUE NIGHT. HIGH PRES OVER MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA WED WILL KEEP 
STRONG ELY WINDS ACROSS THE GULF N OF 25N WED. THE HIGH MOVES E 
AND WINDS BECOME SLY W OF 95W.

RIDGE DOMINATES THE ENTIRE ATLC ZONE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
LATE TONIGHT WITH MODERATE E-SE WINDS 15-20 KT S OF 23N AND SWLY 
FLOW PICKING UP TO 20 KT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA 
TONIGHT. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE GEORGIA COAST TUE AND EXTENDS 
FROM 31N76W TO 28N81W TUE EVENING AND FROM 31N66W TO STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA WED MORNING. WINDS SHIFT TO THE N-NW AT 20 KT W OF THE 
FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES TO 30N65W TO W CUBA WED AND WINDS BECOME 
N-NE. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA THU THEN WEAKENS AND 
MOVES S AS THE NEXT FAST MOVING COLD MOVES OFF THE GEORGIA 
COAST FRI...EXTENDING FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI 
AFTERNOON AND FROM 30N65W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS SAT.

HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLC WILL KEEP MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES 
ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.
THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TUE AND THEN DECREASE SOME AS COLD 
FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC AND THE RIDGES SHIFTS EWD AND WEAKENS.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS