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AGXX40 KNHC 260457
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM THU OCT 26 2006

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

SLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 KT OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO AND 
SEAS ARE UP TO 8 FT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND 
SPREAD EWD TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL 
MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY FRI. WILL CONTINUE THE CURRENT FORECAST 
TRENDS OF 25-30 KT NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT ON FRI. THE FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE 
FRI EVENING AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY 
SAT AND E OF THE AREA SUN. HIGH PRES MOVES INTO LOUISIANA SUN 
THEN SHIFTS E INTO THE SE U.S. MON WITH SLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 23N65W TO E CUBA WILL DRIFT SE 
TODAY AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THEN BECOME DIFFUSE W OF 65W 
TONIGHT. RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH FRI THEN MOVES 
EWD AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. SLY WIND INCREASE OVER THE NW 
PORTION OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 
25 TO 30 KT N OF 27N E OF THE FRONT SAT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND 
FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N67W TO 
W CUBA SUN AFTERNOON THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM 28N65W 
TO W CUBA MON.

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM E CUBA TO BELIZE 
SHOULD BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT. ATLC RIDGE 
BUILDS ENOUGH TO INCREASE THE TRADES TO 20-25 KT IN THE TYPICAL 
AREAS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA. THE TRADES 
DECREASE FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS THE RIDGE MOVES EWD AND THE NEXT 
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. THE COLD FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM WESTERN CUBA TO BELIZE SUN AND BECOME STATIONARY.
 
WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS