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AGXX40 KNHC 051713
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST MON FEB 05 2007

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

STRONG NE WINDS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...MAINLY S OF 26N/27N. 
SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS SHOW 25-30 KT WINDS IN THE CENTRAL TO 
SW GULF. STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL DRIFT SE OF THE AREA LATER 
TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT 28N83W TO THE CENTRAL COAST OF 
LOUISIANA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA BY THIS 
EVENING...FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH PRES THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE 
STRONG ELY WINDS OVER SRN GULF THROUGH TUE. WINDS WILL DECREASE 
WED AS THE HIGH PRES WEAKENS AND MOVES E. ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
WILL APPROACH THE NRN GULF BY LATE WEEK AND EXTEND FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 25N97W FRI AFTERNOON AND MOVE RAPIDLY E OF 
THE AREA SUN.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 29N65W TO THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA...WITH A SECONDARY COLD FRONT FROM 31N74W TO 29N91W. THE 
SECONDARY FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E AND MERGE WITH THE FIRST 
FRONT ALONG 28N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT THEN WEAKENING FROM 
25N65W TO 21N76W EARLY TUE AND BECOME DIFFUSE BY WED. HIGH PRES 
BUILDS W OF THE FRONT...AND THE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT OVER THE 
SW PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE THEN WEAKENS ON WED...WITH 
WEAK RIDGE ALONG 28N/29N. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE 
U.S. COAST LATE FRI...THEN MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA 
EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO WESTERN CUBA EARLY SAT. NLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 25 KT 
W OF THE FRONT.

HIGH PRES TO THE N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN BRISK ELY TRADES 
FROM THE TROP N ATLC TO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ESPECIALLY OFF THE 
COLOMBIAN COAST. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY LATE WEEK AS HIGH PRES 
WEAKENS TO THE N. LARGE SWELL WILL PERSIST OVER TROPICAL ATLC 
ZONE.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS