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AGXX40 KNHC 260429
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM TUE SEP 26 2006

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

ATLC SURFACE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS ALONG 29N WILL MOVE E AS WEAK 
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF SE U.S. COAST. THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM 
31N75W TO 27N80W WED. SECONDARY SURGE WILL PUSH THE FRONT S 
TOWARDS NRN BAHAMAS/S FLORIDA FRI THE BECOME STATIONARY SAT.  
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE THROUGHOUT FORECAST PERIOD.

THE LATEST QUIKSCAT PASS INDICATES 20 TO 25 KT TRADES OVER THE S 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN BUT AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E 
WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER TODAY.

COLD FRONT IN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM NW FLORIDA TO THE 
COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 20N97W. BUOYS STILL SHOWING 15 TO 20 KT NLY 
WINDS W OF THE FRONT...BUT THEY SHOULD COME DOWN LATER THIS 
MORNING AS THE FRONT WEAKENS AND EXTENDS FROM SW FLORIDA TO 
WRN YUCATAN PENINSULA BY THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS 
NRN GULF LATE WED AND THU. NEXT FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST THU 
NIGHT THEN MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS AREA FRI AND CLEARS THE AREA 
SAT. SLY RETURN FLOW PICKS UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS