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AGXX40 KNHC 100509
MIMATS

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

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

SLY WINDS 15-20 KT CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO 
AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED 
TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT. THE CURRENT FORECAST
BRINGS THE NLY WINDS TO 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT THE 
LATEST GFS AND NAM INDICATE THE WINDS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 25 KT.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR 23N97W 
THU AND E OF THE AREA FRI. HIGH PRES BUILD ACROSS THE NORTHERN 
GULF FRI THEN MOVES E SAT AS THE NEXT FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE SUN.

WEAK COLD FRONT IN THE ATLC FROM 31N68W TO 1013 MB LOW PRES NEAR 
28N76W THEN TO THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 
31N66W TO 26N76W THIS EVENING AND FROM 31N65W TO 27N71W THU AND 
BECOME DIFFUSE THU NIGHT. SLY WINDS INCREASE 15-20 KT N OF 28N W 
OF 75W AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT THU. THE FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE 
U.S. COAST THU NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO 23N80W FRI NIGHT
THEN WEAKENS FROM 31N65W TO SE BAHAMAS SAT THEN BECOME DIFFUSE 
SUN. ONCE AGAIN SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE 
AREA SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.

TRADES REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...EXCEPT FOR 15 TO 20 
ELY WINDS IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS...AND THIS PATTERN SHOULD HOLD 
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

WARNINGS...
NONE.  

FORECASTER DGS