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AGXX40 KNHC 221632
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO NEAR 27N93W. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND 
MOVE TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 28N87W THIS EVENING AND E OF THE 
AREA EARLY SUN MORNING. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE GULF 
SUN THROUGH TUE THEN MOVES E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES 
THE TEXAS COAST WED. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH 
TUE. THE LATEST GFS DEVELOPS A STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE 
SOUTHERN PLAINS WHICH LEADS TO 20-25 KT WINDS W OF THE FRONT. 
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO S TEXAS WED 
AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 26N95W TO 23N97W THU.

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST INTO THE ATLC LATE 
TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO 27N80W SUN...THEN DISSIPATE 
LATE SUN NIGHT OR EARLY MON MORNING. 20 KT SLY WINDS N OF AROUND 
29N E OF THE FRONT TONIGHT AND SUN. THE RIDGE BECOMES 
RE-ESTABLISHED ALONG 27N/28N MON THROUGH WED. SLY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 20 KT LATE WED AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO 28N80W LATE THU. THE GFS BRINGS THE 
NE WIND UP TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT.

STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN...WITH LOW PRES OVER 
COLOMBIA AND HIGH PRES RIDGE TO THE N OVER THE ATLC. THIS SHOULD 
CONTINUE THROUGH MON THEN DECREASE A LITTLE ON TUE AND WED 
DECREASE EVEN MORE ON THU AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES 
EWD.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS