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AGXX40 KNHC 250438
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM WED OCT 25 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 NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE 
E TONIGHT AND THU AND SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT WHICH MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
EARLY FRI. THE GFS HINTS AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF GALE FORCE 
WINDS W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF ZONE BUT WILL CONTINUE THE 
CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS OF 25-30 KT NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. 
THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY AND SHOULD CLEAR THE GULF BY SAT NIGHT. 
HIGH PRES ONCE AGAIN BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT AND WINDS DECREASE 
ON SUN.

COLD FRONT REMAINS OVER THE ATLC FROM 26N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE AND WEAKEN...BECOMING DIFFUSE 
W OF 65W TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE 
AREA SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT AND THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS 
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...THEN MOVES E AS THE NEXT 
FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE SAT. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND THE 
RIDGE TO THE E TIGHTENS EARLY SAT WITH STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE FRONT 
MOVES RAPIDLY EWD AND WEAKENS SUN.

COLD FRONT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO 
BELIZE WILL DRIFT SE AND BECOME DIFFUSE TONIGHT. THE NEXT COLD 
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE SAT AND MOVE INTO 
THE NW CARIBBEAN SUN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS 
SUN AFTERNOON. NLY WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO 20 KT N OF 
THE FRONT.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS