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AGXX40 KNHC 221830
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM EST WED NOV 22 2006

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
1027 MB HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF 
MEXICO...ALLOWING WINDS AND SEAS TO WEAKEN IN THAT AREA. 
MODERATE TO FRESH NLY WINDS PERSIST HOWEVER OVER THE CENTRAL AND 
EASTERN GULF...BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES TO THE W AND LOW PRES OFF 
THE CAROLINA COAST. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH INTO THE 
EASTERN GULF THROUGH THU AS THE LOW PRES LIFTS OUT AND THE HIGH 
PRES BUILDS E OVER THE AREA WITH VEERING FLOW. THE EXCEPTION 
WILL BE THE SE GULF...WHERE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN 
TIGHT ENOUGH ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH TO MAINTAIN FRESH NE 
FLOW FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INTO 
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM HAITI TO PANAMA WITH STRONG NLY 
FLOW OCCURRING TO ITS W OVER THE W CARIBBEAN. WINDS REMAIN JUST 
BELOW GALE FORCE...BUT WILL BE DIMINISHING FURTHER THIS AFTER AS 
HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N. WINDS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN WILL 
GRADUALLY WEAKEN BELOW 20 KT BY FRI...BUT WILL REMAIN UP SW OF 
OF CUBA ON THE PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRES OVER THE NRN GULF. WINDS 
AND SEAS WILL ALSO DIMINISH THU INTO FRI OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND 
TROP N ATLC AS WELL AS HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA BUILDS N IN THE 
WAKE OF THE TROUGH OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LIFTING TO THE N.

SW N ATLC...
1005 MB LOW PRES OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL LIFT OUT TONIGHT. 
THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS AND SEAS TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FOR THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS. COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO WINDWARD 
PASSAGE WILL GRADUALLY STALL THROUGH THU...THEN DISSIPATE THIS 
WEEKEND. EXPECT MODERATE TO FRESH NE WINDS TO PERSIST ON EDGE OF 
HIGH PRES MOVING OFF THE COAST OVER WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS 
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME MODERATE TO LARGE 
SWELL TO PROPAGATE INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND. 
MODERATE TO LARGE ELY SWELL WILL ALSO MOVE INTO WATERS N OF 
HISPANIOLA AND PUERTO RICO THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN