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AGXX40 KNHC 180544
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM EST THU JAN 18 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT FROM FT MYERS TO 25N93W TO 18N93W
WILL DRIFT N AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE BY FRI...LEAVING A REMNANT 
TROUGH IN THE SW GULF. BRISK N WINDS W OF FRONT WILL DECREASE 
TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FRI AND 
SAT THEN MOVES E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF 
SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO 
THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 21N97W BY SUN AFTERNOON AND FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 23N97W MON.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 28N65W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS THEN STATIONARY 
TO SE FLORIDA. STRONG RIDGE BUILDING N OF THE FRONT WITH NE TO E 
WINDS APPROACHING 25-30 KT. THE HIGH MOVES E AS WEAK LOW PRES 
DEVELOPS OFF THE SE U.S. COAST JUST N OF THE AREA BRINGING 
ANOTHER COLD FRONT OFF THE FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT. THE FRONT 
MOVES RAPIDLY EWD FRI AND FRI NIGHT...AND HIGH PRES BUILDS 
BEHIND THE FRONT. THE NEXT FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE FAR NW PORTION 
OF THE AREA BY MON.

STRONG WINDS COAST OF COLOMBIA...25-30 KT...SHOULD DECREASE ON 
FRI AS THE ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS EWD...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SUN AND 
MON AS THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE ATLC. OTHERWISE TYPICAL 
15 TO 20 KT TRADES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS