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AGXX40 KNHC 180455
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM THU MAY 18 2006

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

HIGH PRES...1016 MB...OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE TO 
THE EASTERN GULF FRI AND SAT THEN E OF THE AREA LATE SUN AND MON.
WINDS ARE RELATIVELY LATE ACROSS THE GULF...BUT SLY WINDS WILL 
INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KT W OF AROUND 90W AS THE HIGH SLIDES EWD OVER 
THE WEEKEND.

COLD FRONT IN THE ATLC CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA.
THE FRONT COMBINED WITH A LARGE RIDGE E OF THE AREA IS PRODUCING 
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT BUT WINDS HAVE COME DOWN 
TO BELOW GALE FORCE...MOSTLY AROUND 20 TO 25 KT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE 
E AND WEAKEN AND WINDS WILL BE BELOW 20 KT BY SAT. A WEAK RIDGE WILL 
BECOME ESTABLISHED ALONG 27N/28N SUN AND MON WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS 
THE AREA.

LOW PRES OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN OFF THE S CENTRAL COAST OF CUBA NEAR 
21N79W WITH COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW TO NICARAGUA. THE FRONT WILL 
WEAKEN FROM E CUBA TO COSTA RICA FRI AND BECOME DIFFUSE SAT. AS THE 
ATLC RIDGE RE-BUILDS THE TRADES WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO 
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS