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AGXX40 KNHC 161830
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM EST TUE JAN 16 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 30N84W TO 18N93W BRINGS VERY 
STRONG NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS N OF 25N AND GALE FORCE S OF 25N 
TONIGHT WITH RELATED HIGH SEAS REACHING OVER 14 FT S OF 28N.  
GRADIENT EASES AS FRONT RACES SE WITH WIND BELOW GALE FORCE 
EARLY WED.  HEALTHY RIDGE KEEP BRISK EASTERLIES ACROSS MOST OF 
NRN HALF OF GULF THROUGH THU NIGHT.  RIDGE SHIFT E AS SECOND 
COLD FRONT CROSSES NRN HALF OF GULF FRI WITH 25-30 KT WINDS AND 
10 FT SEAS.  RIDGE REBUILDS SAT JUST TO CEDE POSITION TO THIRD  
COLD FRONT ENTERING NW GULF SUN NIGHT AND REACHING FROM 27N82W 
TO 21N90W LATE MON NIGHT.  

ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 28N MOVE E AS COLD FRONT PUSHES OFF N 
FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT AND RACES OUT OF AREA BY THU NIGHT.  
STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND FRONT WITH NE WINDS INCREASING TO 
25-30 KT N OF 28N THROUGH LATE THU NIGHT...WHEN SECOND COLD 
FRONT FORCES RIDGE E AND TAKES OVER SW N ATLC.  RIDGE BEHIND 
SECOND COLD FRONT REPEATS STRONG N WINDS FRI AND SAT N OF 27N 
QUICKLY SUBSIDING LATE SUN...BUT ONLY TO INCREASE SW WINDS AHEAD 
OF THIRD COLD FRONT APPROACHING N FLORIDA COAST MON. 

GALE WARNING CONTINUES IN SW AND S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH 
TONIGHT AS STRONG ATLC HIGH PRES WEAKEN AND MOVE E FORCED BY 
GULF COLD FRONT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING...AMZ084 AND AMZ086 THROUGH TONIGHT.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING...GMZ082 THROUGH WED NIGHT.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES