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AGXX40 KNHC 110510
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM THU MAY 11 2006

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

COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE GULF OF 
MEXICO...EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS. 
THE WINDS W OF THE FRONT HAVE NOT PICKED UP YET...BUT ARE 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT BY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE 
WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BY THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. THE 
FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY AND SHOULD BE E OF THE AREA FRI...WITH HIGH 
PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. THE HIGH MOVES E SAT AS 
THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE GULF COAST EARLY SUN THEN INTO 
THE EASTERN GULF MON.

A WEAKENING COLD FRONT IN THE ATLC FROM 29N65W TO 26N72W WILL
DISSIPATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING 
OFF THE GA COAST TONIGHT. SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE SECOND FRONT 
WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT LATER TODAY ACROSS THE NW PORTION 
OF THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA FRI 
THEN WEAKENING FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS SAT...WITH MOSTLY 
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SLY ONCE AGAIN INCREASE N OF 
AROUND 27N W OF 75W LATE SUN AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE 
AREA.

TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN REMAIN LIGHT...GENERALLY AROUND 10 
TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT NEAR THE GULF OF HONDURAS. THESE 
CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN THE ELY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT S OF 15N BY MON.

WARNINGS...
NONE.  

FORECASTER DGS