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AGXX40 KNHC 191733
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM THU OCT 19 2006

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL 
COAST OF LOUISIANA TO BROWNSVILLE TX. BUOYS INDICATING NW WINDS 
HAVE INCREASED TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT...WITH SEAS 4 TO 5 FT BUT 
THE SEAS SHOULD BUILD THROUGH THE EVENING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE 
TO THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR
23N98W LATE TONIGHT AND FROM THE WEAKEN FROM THE FLORIDA BIG 
BEND TO 22N98W FRI AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME STATIONARY FROM TAMPA 
BAY TO CORPUS CHRISTI SAT AND DISSIPATE SAT NIGHT. THE NEXT COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF SUN. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY 
ACROSS THE AREA AND EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF 
CAMPECHE MON THEN E  OF THE AREA TUE. NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 
25 KT N OF THE FRONT SUN AND MON. HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE SE 
U.S. TUE AND THE WINDS BECOME SE W OF 90W.

A PERSISTENT LOW REMAINS OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE ATLC N OF 
PUERTO RICO NEAR 21N67W. THE LOW DRIFTS TO THE NW AND IS 
EXPECTED TO FINALLY DISSIPATE SUN OR MON. OTHERWISE RIDGE ACROSS 
THE ATLC ALONG 28N/29W...THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E SAT AS A 
WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THE 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO 29N81W...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE 
SAT NIGHT. THE NEXT FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST MON THEN 
MOVES RAPIDLY FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE.

PRES PATTERN REMAINS WEAK ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH LIGHT WINDS 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. ELY WINDS PICK UP TO 15 KT OVER THE 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SAT NIGHT THEN SPREAD WWD MON AND TUE.
COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN LATE 
TUE...WITH NE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE YUCATAN 
CHANNEL.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS