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AGXX40 KNHC 011728
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST MON JAN 1 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE EASTERN 
BAY OF CAMPECHE. BUOYS INDICATE THE WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 20 
KT N OF 25N W OF 90W...WITH 20 KT WINDS ELSEWHERE W OF THE 
FRONT. THE SLY WINDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED E OF THE FRONT. THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE TO SW FLORIDA TO 24N90W THEN S INTO THE BAY OF 
CAMPECHE TUE AND BECOME STATIONARY. A WEAK LOW DEVELOPS ALONG 
THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF WED THEN MOVES N INTO TEXAS THU...WITH 
COLD FRONT FROM SE TEXAS TO 21N97W THU AFTERNOON. THE FRONT 
WEAKENS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 24N97W FRI MORNING THEN BECOMES 
DIFFUSE FRI AFTERNOON. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF 
SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

A RIDGE OVER THE N PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE WILL MOVE EWD LATER 
TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST. THE FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO 27N80W EARLY TUE THEN WEAKEN AND 
BECAME STATIONARY FROM 29N65W TO 28N80W EARLY WED. THE W PORTION 
OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE N AS A WARM FRONT WED NIGHT AND THU AND 
THE E PORTION WILL BECOME DIFFUSE. HIGH PRES RIDGE STRENGTHENS 
FRI AND SAT WITH INCREASING ELY WINDS S OF 25N.

ATLC RIDGE RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN STRONG TRADES ACROSS THE 
CARIBBEAN WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE TYPICAL AREAS NEAR THE 
COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA...WITH WINDS TO 25-30 KT. THESE 
CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH SAT.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS