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AGXX40 KNHC 231725
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM 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 RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH STRONG RETURN SLY 
FLOW W OF 90W. BUOYS CONTINUE TO SHOW 20 TO 25 KT WINDS AND 7 TO 
9 FT SEAS. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL ABATE THIS EVENING AS THE RIDGE
SHIFTS 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 
BEFORE BECOMING DIFFUSE WED. NE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 
KT BEHIND THE FRONT ON MON BECOMING 10 KT TUE AND WED.

LONG PERIOD SWELLS 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. WINDS ARE ABOVE 20 KT 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 MUNDELL