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AGXX40 KNHC 230505
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM SAT SEP 23 2006

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

HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH STRONG RETURN 
SLY FLOW W OF AROUND 90W. BUOYS ARE CURRENTLY INDICATING 20 TO 
25 KT WINDS WITH SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD 
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING AS THE HIGH 
MOVES EWD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE SUN 
AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR 
22N97W EARLY MON AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE 
THEN BECOME DIFFUSE WED. NE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND 
THE FRONT ON MON BECOMING 10 KT TUE AND WED.

SWELLS FROM HURRICANE HELENE ACROSS THE NE PORTION OF THE ATLC 
ZONE ARE SUBSIDING AND HIGH PRES IS BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA.
THE HIGH WILL MOVE E AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST 
ON TUE. THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE 
AREA WED. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY 10 TO 15 KT THROUGH THE 
PERIOD.

TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN HAVE INCREASED AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N
OF THE AREA. A QUIKSCAT PASS FROM EARLIER TONIGHT INDICATES 20 
TO A FEW 25 KT WINDS MAINLY NEAR THE COLUMBIAN COAST. ATLC RIDGE 
MOVES E SUN NIGHT/MON WITH TRADES ONCE AGAIN DECREASING. A WEAK 
TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE E CARIBBEAN SUN THEN TO THE CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN TUE WITH SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT E OF THE WAVE.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS