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AGXX40 KNHC 181758
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM 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 26N94W TO 18N94W
WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY SAT...LEAVING REMNANT TROUGH ALONG 94W. 
HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS EASTERN GULF FRI AND SAT AND MOVE 
E AS COLD FRONT ENTERS NW GULF SAT NIGHT.  COLD FRONT WILL REACH 
FROM 30N86W TO 20N95W SUN AND FROM TAMPA TO 25N90W TO 20N93W MON.
STRONG WIND AND 9 FT SEAS BEHIND FRONT SAT SUBSIDING SUN.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO 27N80W BECOMES DIFFUSE ALONG 27N 
TONIGHT AS SECOND COLD FRONT ENTERS SW N ATLC.  FRONT RACES E 
FRI AND FRI NIGHT...AND HIGH PRES 1020 MB BUILDS BEHIND FRONT.
THIRD COLD FRONT ENTERS BASIN ON MON WITH STRONG SW WINDS AND 
HIGH SEAS WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT.  FRONT REACHES 31N65W TO 
29N80W LATE MON.

WINDS ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA SHOULD DECREASE AS ATLC RIDGE 
SHIFTS EWD...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SUN AND MON AS RIDGE BUILDS 
BEHIND SECOND ATLC COLD FRONT AND REMAIN HIGH AS THIRD FRONT 
CROSSES SW N ATLC. 

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES