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AGXX40 KNHC 111740
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM SAT NOV 11 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 FROM THE MOUTH OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI TO THE N COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 23N98W. BUOYS W OF THE 
FRONT HAD INDICATED 30 KT WINDS EARLIER THIS MORNING BUT ARE 
CURRENTLY REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 KT WITH SEAS TO 12 FT. 
THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN 20-25 KT THE EARLY TONIGHT THEN TO 20 KT 
LATER TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA SUN WITH HIGH 
PRES BUILDING. THE HIGH WEAKENS AND MOVES EWD WITH DECREASING 
WINDS THROUGH MON NIGHT. THEN RETURN FLOW PICKS UP AHEAD OF THE 
NEXT FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY WED AND EXTEND FROM 
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 
22N97W. THE GFS HINTS AT A VERY SHORT LIVED GALE OVER A SMALL 
AREA...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT WORDING OF 25 TO 30 KT AND 
GUST TO GALE FORCE. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE ARE THU AND WINDS 
DECREASE.

HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE ATLC WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS IN THE 
ENTIRE ZONE. SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE FAR 
NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE AND EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL 
FLORIDA BY SUN AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N30W TO W CUBA MON THEN 
WEAKEN FROM 31N66W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS TUE AND BECOME 
STATIONARY. THE FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE THU. SLY WINDS 
INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA WED AFTERNOON AHEAD OF 
THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY 
THU AND EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THU AFTERNOON. 
SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT THU.

TRADES OF 15 TO 20 KT IN THE TYPICAL AREAS OF THE CARIBBEAN WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH MON THEN DECREASE AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS. 
THE TRADES REMAIN LESS THE 20 KT MON NIGHT THROUGH THU. COLD IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN THEN DISSIPATE MON.
A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN EARLY THU 
AND EXTEND FROM W CUBA TO BELIZE THU AFTERNOON.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS