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AGXX40 KNHC 171821
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM EST WED JAN 17 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 FT MYERS TO 24N90W TO 18N94W.
GALE FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE SUBSIDING TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES RIDGE 
SHIFT E.  FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY AND WEAKENS THEN LOSES 
IDENTITY THU LEAVING JUST WEAK TROUGH ALONG 94W.  N WINDS REMAIN 
BRISK W OF TROUGH...MODERATE NORTHEASTERLIES E OF TROUGH.
TROUGH INTENSIFIES LATE THU INDUCING ANOTHER EPISODE OF STRONG E 
WINDS AND HIGH SEAS N OF 27N...DIMINISHING SAT NIGHT IN ADVANCE
OF COLD FRONT ENTERING NW GULF SUN AND REACHING 30N86W TO 20N97W 
LATE SUN NIGHT.

ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27 SHIFT E AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF N 
FLORIDA COAST THU.  STRONG SW WIND N OF 29N...POSSIBLE NEAR 30 
KT...AHEAD AND BEHIND COLD FRONT THROUGH SAT NIGHT AS REBUILDING 
RIDGE GIVES WAY TO NEXT COLD FRONT EXITING NE FLORIDA EARLY MON. 

WINDS ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA HAVE SUBSIDED AS ATLC HIGH PRES 
RIDGE N OF AREA IS FORCED E BY INCOMING COLD FRONT. STILL... 
WINDS REMAIN STRONG THROUGH FORECAST AND OUTLOOK PERIODS WITH 
REBUILDING RIDGE BEHIND COLD FRONT.
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WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING...GMZ082.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES