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AGXX40 KNHC 211840
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
240 PM THU SEP 21 2006

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

DISSIPATING FRONT IN THE E GULF OF MEXICO. HIGH PRES IS BUILDING 
ACROSS THE GULF TODAY AND STRONG RETURN SLY FLOW ON W SIDE OF 
THE RIDGE WILL PRODUCE 20 TO 25 KT WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF 
TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
LATE SUN...AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE MEXICAN 
COAST NEAR 22N97W MON.

HURRICANE HELENE CENTERED WELL E OF THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SOME 
LARGE SWELLS ACROSS THE E PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH FRI THEN 
SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE STORM STARTS MOVING FURTHER TO 
THE E. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 31N67W TO 25N77W WILL BECOME 
DIFFUSE TONIGHT. WEAK RIDGE WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA FRI THROUGH 
SUN THEN MOVE E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE GEORGIA 
COAST EARLY MON.

A STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE 
GULF OF MEXICO WILL INCREASE TRADE WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE 
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE TYPICAL REGION ALONG THE COAST OF 
COLUMBIA AND VENEZUELA. THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES E SUN AND MON WITH 
TRADES ONCE AGAIN DECREASING.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL