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AGXX40 KNHC 211724
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST THU DEC 21 2006

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

WEAK STATIONARY FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO CURRENTLY EXTENDS 
FROM SW LOUISIANA COAST TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFFSHORE AS A COLD FRONT AND EXTEND FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE 
MEXICAN COAST AT 22N97W EARLY FRI THEN WEAKEN FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO 20N96W FRI NIGHT AND BECOME NEARLY 
STATIONARY...WITH THE W PORTION OF THE FRONT DRIFTING NWD SAT. 
ANOTHER RE-ENFORCING FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATE SAT NIGHT AND 
EARLY SUN. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BRIEFLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE 
W OF THE FRONT SUN THEN DECREASE MON...AS HIGH PRES MOVES INTO 
THE AREA MON AND TUE.

HIGH PRES CONTINUES ACROSS THE ATLC WITH MODERATE TO STRONG ELY 
WINDS S OF 26N. THE HIGH MOVES EWD AND SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER 
THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD 
FRONT FRI NIGHT. THE FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SAT NIGHT 
THE STALLS ACROSS THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA SUN. A 
RE-ENFORCING FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE MON AND EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO 
CENTRAL CUBA TUE.

WITH THE ATLC HIGH TO THE N TYPICAL TRADES IN PLACE ACROSS THE 
CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF S 
AMERICA. THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 
NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE MON AND 
WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS TUE.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS