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AGXX40 KNHC 261804
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM EST TUE DEC 26 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
SHORTWAVE OVER FLORIDA WITH ASSOCIATED TROUGH OVER THE AREA FROM 
THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TO THE ATLANTIC AREA NORTH OF ABOUT 
24N W OF 70W.  REMAINDER OF AREA COVERED BY RIDGE WHICH IS 
CENTERED NEAR 23N58W WITH A RIDGE TO CENTRAL AMERICA.  THE 
SHORTWAVE WILL RAPIDLY MOVE NORTHEAST AND BE ABSORBED BY THE 
WESTERLIES NORTH OF THE AREA AND THE RIDGE WILL EXPEND OVER 
MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST GULF BY EARLY THURSDAY.
A STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER WEST TEXAS WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST 
PART OF THE AREA REACHING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY AND 
BY SUNDAY A BROAD TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE 
ATLANTIC W OF 77W.

SURFACE...
STRONG WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL DECREASE TONIGHT.  THE 
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATLANTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE 
STRONG MOSTLY NORTH OF 25N THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHEN THE FRONT WILL 
WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.  RIDGE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE 
FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA INCREASING THE EASTERLY FLOW EAST OF 90W 
AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW W OF 90W WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 
THURSDAY.  THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.  A COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MIDDAY FRIDAY AND BY MIDDAY 
SATURDAY BE ALONG A LINE 30N86W TO BAY OF CAMPECHE.  WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE STRONG EAST OF THE FRONT OVER THE EAST GULF AND THE 
ATLANTIC. THE MODEL INDICATES NEAR GALE CONDITIONS NORTH OF 
ABOUT 28N. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY LESS THAN 20 
KT.  BY SUNDAY THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO NEAR 31N78W TO EASTERN 
YUCATAN PENINSULA.  STRONG WINDS CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT 
WITH WINDS MOSTLY LESS THAN 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC TRADES CONTINUE NEAR OR A LITTLE 
ABOVE NORMAL.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL