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AGXX40 KNHC 031717
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
140 AM EST WED JAN 3 2007

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

STATIONARY FRONT FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE 
WILL MOVE N AS A WARM FRONT AS LOW PRES CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST 
TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN GULF. THE LOW MOVES INTO SE TEXAS BY 
THU MORNING WITH A COLD FRONT SE TEXAS TO 23N97W. SLY WINDS WILL 
INCREASE TO 15-20 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SHIFT TO THE NW 
BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN SOME FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO 25N91W FRI...BUT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH OF A GRADIENT 
BETWEEN THE FRONT AND ATLC RIDGE FOR 15-20 KT SLY WINDS E OF THE 
FRONT. THE FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE ACROSS THE AREA ON SAT. THE 
NEXT FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS LATE SAT AND EXTEND FROM SW 
LOUISIANA INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N96W SUN. STRONG NLY 
WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE 
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MON.

HIGH PRES RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE ATLC WITH MODERATE TO STRONG 
ELY S OF AROUND 25N. SLY WINDS INCREASE FRI NIGHT OVER THE NW 
PORTION OF THE AREA AS THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND AN 
APPROACHING FRONT TIGHTENS. THE RIDGE MOVES E AND WEAKENS SOME 
SUN AS A VERY WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA. YET ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST MON.

STRONG ATLC RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRISK TRADES ACROSS 
THE CARIBBEAN...WITH THE GALE WARNING CONTINUE THROUGH THU.
THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GO BELOW GALE FORCE THU NIGHT. HOWEVER 
THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 
SAT THEN DECREASE OVER THE E CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING AMZ084 AND AMZ086.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS