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AGXX40 KNHC 090459
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM EDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

LOW PRES OVER MEXICO WITH HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF OF 
MEXICO COMBINING TO BRING SLY WINDS 15 TO 20 KT IN THE WESTERN 
GULF...WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS IN THE EASTERN GULF. A LATE 
SEASON COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST WED NIGHT THEN 
MOVE TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO S TEXAS THU THEN E OF THE AREA 
FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE FRONT FRI AND SAT.

COLD FRONT OVER THE N PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE FROM 31N72W TO N 
FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 31N67W 24N77W WED THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATE 
THU. MODERATE SLY WINDS N OF AROUND 28N/29N AHEAD OF THE FRONT 
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WED THEN DECREASE WED NIGHT. THE NEXT COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST THU NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 
31N72W TO 23N80W FRI NIGHT AND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS 
SAT. SLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THU THEN 
DECREASE FRI AN SAT.

TYPICAL TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...WITH 15 TO 20 KT ELY WINDS 
IN THE SW AND S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE FRI 
AND SAT AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS 
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS
NONE.  

FORECASTER DGS