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AGXX40 KNHC 090640
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
MIDDLE LATITUDE LONGWAVE TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTH BETWEEN 80W AND 
85W OVER FLORIDA.  THE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST PASSING EAST OF 55W 
LATE THURSDAY WELL NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.  THE TROUGH WILL 
LEAVE PART OF ITSELF BEHIND WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE 
ATLANTIC AND WILL SLOWLY FORM A WEAK CUTOFF LOW WHICH BY  
SATURDAY WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN.  SATURDAY THIS WILL 
HAVE THE EFFECT OF INCREASING THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN.

OTHERWISE RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE AREA.

SURFACE...
COLD FRONT RUNS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA 
TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.  BY WED THE 
FRONT WILL BE ALONG 26N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE AND BECOME 
DIFFUSE OVER THE CARIBBEAN.  BY THURSDAY THE FRONT WILL BECOME 
INDISTINGUISHABLE OVER THE AREA.  STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL 
BUILD NORTH OF THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL DOMINATE THE 
FLOW THROUGH SATURDAY.  IT IS A RATHER SIMPLE PATTERN WITH ONLY 
THE ONE FRONT AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL