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AGXX40 KNHC 041723
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST THU JAN 4 2007

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

COLD FRONT FROM SW LOUISIANA TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 22N97W. 
WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 25N94W EARLY 
FRI THEN BECOME DIFFUSE LATE FRI. RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS 
THE AREA ALONG 27N FRI NIGHT THEN MOVE E AS THE NEXT FRONT 
APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST LATE SAT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 
SW LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N95W SUN...WITH 
STRONG NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 19N94W MON AND E OF THE AREA TUE. RIDGE 
BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT AND NLY WINDS DECREASE TUE AND WED.

RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE ATLC WITH MODERATE TO STRONG ELY WINDS S 
OF AROUND 25N. SLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT FRI NIGHT AND 
SAT...OTHERWISE WINDS 15 KT OR LESS N OF 25N. THE HIGH MOVES EWD 
MON AS THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST LATE IN THE 
DAY. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
BY TUE AFTERNOON.

STRONG ATLC RIDGE WILL KEEP STRONG TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN
THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE MON AND TUE AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS 
AND MOVES EWD. THE GALE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT NEAR THE 
COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE 
FORCE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRI. 

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING AMZ084.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS