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AGXX40 KNHC 170534
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 AM WED MAY 17 2006

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

COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CLEAR THE AREA TODAY
WITH NLY WINDS AROUND 20 KT S OF 26N E OF 87W...OTHERWISE HIGH PRES 
BUILDING IN FROM THE W WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE 
HIGH MOVES E AND SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF 
FRI AND SAT.

COLD FRONT IN THE NW ATLC IS SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD AS A WAVE FORMS 
ON FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN 
BAHAMAS TODAY. WINDS/SEA WILL INCREASE AS THE LOW MOVES NW ALONG THE 
FRONT LATER TODAY AND COULD APPROACH GALE FORCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. 
THE GFS AND THE NOGAPS BRING GALE FORCE CONDITIONS E OF THE FRONT BY 
18Z TODAY...THEN DECREASING ON THU. WILL LIKELY ISSUE A GALE WARNING 
FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS BECOME LIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
AREA LATER THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN TODAY AND EXTEND FROM 
WESTERN CUBA TO HONDURAS BY AFTERNOON AND BECOME SATIONARY. NLY 
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT 
THEN DECREASE ON THU. 15 TO 20 KT TRADES ACROSS THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE ATLC RIDGE 
STRENGTHERNS.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
GALE WARNING N OF 27N BETWEEN 67W AND 72W...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS