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AGXX40 KNHC 270608
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
115 AM EST MON MAR 27 2006

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

A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N55W TO 21N65W AND ACROSS HAITI INTO 
NW CARIBBEAN AND LOSING IDENTITY ON NIGHT CHANNEL IMAGERY JUST S 
OF JAMAICA. THIS FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE SE THROUGH NORTHERN 
TROPICAL ATLC FORECAST WATERS...BUT CONTINUE BROAD AND QUASI 
STATIONARY ACROSS NORTHERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS THROUGH 24 HOURS... 
THEN LIE STATIONARY E TO W ALONG 19N E OF JAMAICA IN ABOUT 48 
HOURS. GFS MOISTURE CONVERGENCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE FRONTAL 
REMNANTS ALONG 19N BETWEEN 75W-55W THROUGH SUNRISE SAT. WITH THE 
LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMING ELY S OF 18N...THERE IS DEFINITELY THE 
POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING BOUNDARY INTO OUTLOOK PERIOD. PERHAPS A 
PRECIP SITUATION MAY BE DEVELOPING FOR HILLY N CENTRAL AND NE 
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. AS MENTIONED ELY TRADES S OF 18N WITH TYPICAL 
NE 20-25 KT ALONG NW COAST OF COLOMBIA.   

IN THE MEANTIME HIGH PRES CURRENTLY OVER FL PANHANDLE WILL SHIFT 
OFF SE CONUS REACHING NEAR BERMUDA IN 48 HOURS WITH A RIDGE 
EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN ATLC WATERS AND FL INTO GULF OF 
MEXICO. THIS RIDGE WILL BLOCK SOUTHERN ADVANCE OF NEXT COLD 
FRONT TO THE N OF 29N THROUGH 60 HOURS. THEN RIDGE WEAKENS AND 
SHIFTS S TO ALONG 27N THUS ALLOWING THE FRONT TO MOVE S INTO 
ATLC DISCUSSION WATERS AS FAR S AS 27N TO THE E OF 75W ON THU 
AND FRI. 

RETURN FLOW GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH PERIOD WITH NEXT COLD FRONT 
APPROACHING TX COAST LATE FRI.     

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON