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AGXX40 KNHC 240506
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 AM TUE OCT 24 2006

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

COLD FRONT HAS ALMOST CLEARED THE GULF OF MEXICO...EXTENDING
FROM THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBE ACROSS THE N COAST OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA THEN INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. BUOYS INDICATING NE 
WINDS 20-25 KT WITH SEAS TO 11 FT. THE STRONGER GRADIENT WILL 
SHIFT TO THE S WITH 20-25 KT WINDS CONTINUING S OF AROUND 26N 
THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY WED. SURFACE 
HIGH PRES MOVES EWD INTO GEORGIA WED AND THE WINDS BECOME SLY 
OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE 
TEXAS COAST THU AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE RAPIDLY E ON FRI EXTENDING 
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI MORNING. 
AND E OF THE AREA SAT.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N71W TO WESTERN CUBA WILL MOVE TO 29N65W 
TO EASTERN CUBA THIS AFTERNOON. NLY WINDS 20-25 KT W OF THE 
FRONT WILL SLOWLY DECREASE BY WED. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE  
FRONT THEN MOVES E FRI AS THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA AND 
EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT. THE GFS IS FORECASTING 
SLY WINDS TO 30 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS 
WINDS TO 20 KT...SO WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE WINDS SOME BY THE 
END OF THE PERIOD.

RATHER LIGHT WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS MOST THE CARIBBEAN. THE 
EXCEPTION BEING THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN...BASICALLY IN THE YUCATAN 
CHANNEL WITH NE WINDS 20 KT N OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE TO EASTERN CUBA TO BELIZE BY THIS AFTERNOON THE SLOWLY 
DISSIPATE THROUGH THE DAY WED. THE NEXT FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE 
NW CARIBBEAN SAT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF 
HONDURAS SAT AFTERNOON.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS