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AGXX40 KNHC 101839
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 PM EST WED JAN 10 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
LONGWAVE MID LATITUDE TROUGH N OF ATLC AREA HAS FLATTENED CREST 
OF ANTICYCLONIC FLOW WHICH COVERS ENTIRE AREA E OF 87W.  SHORT 
WAVE TROUGH OVER S LOUISIANA BRINGS ANOTHER SURGE OF STRONG 
WINDS AND ROUGHER SEAS TO E GULF AND EVENTUALLY INTO SW N ATLC 
BY THU.  RIDGE MAINTAINS DRY AIR MASS ALOFT OVER ENTIRE AREA E 
OF 90W WITH LOW LEVEL STRATIFIED LAYERS BELOW. 

AT THE SURFACE...
COLD FRONT FROM BERMUDA TO E CUBA THEN ACROSS CARIBBEAN TO E 
HONDURAS WILL CONTINUE ITS SE PATH OVER ATLC BUT BECOME DIFFUSE 
OVER CARIBBEAN TONIGHT.  SURFACE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND TIGHTENS 
GRADIENT AGAINST LOW PRES 1007 MB OVER COLOMBIA WITH EXPECTED 
STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS ACROSS LARGE PORTION OF SW N ATLC 
AND MOST OF CARIBBEAN BASINS. 

NEW COLD FRONT MOVES OFF SE TEXAS COAST LATE SUN WITH VERY 
STRONG GUSTY NORTHERLIES W OF 93W...POSSIBLY REACHING GALE FORCE
LATE MON.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES