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AGXX40 KNHC 061736
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST TUE FEB 06 2007

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

HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...AND 
WINDS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO DECREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF. 
THE WINDS SHOULD BE BELOW 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY LATE 
TONIGHT. THE HIGH WEAKENS AND THE RIDGE MOVES E WED NIGHT AND 
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT COLD 
WILL MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FRI...EXTENDING FROM 
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 26N87W FRI AFTERNOON AND E OF THE ARE 
SAT. HIGH PRES BUILDING SWD INTO THE NE GULF SAT WITH WINDS 
INCREASING OVER THE WEEKEND.

WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO E CUBA WILL DISSIPATE WED.
THE STRONG NE WINDS OVER THE SW PORTION OF THE AREA WILL 
DECREASE BY EARLY WED. THE NWW3 CONTINUES TO INDICATE LARGE NW 
SWELL OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH WED...THEN SLOWLY 
SUBSIDES. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN ALONG 27N/28N THROUGH THU
THEN MOVESE. W TO SW WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT N OF 29N WED 
AS A LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVES N OF THE AREA TIGHTENING THE 
GRADIENT. THE NEXT FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY OFF THE SE U.S. COAST 
LATE FRI AND EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO W CUBA SAT AND FROM 27N65W 
TO E CUBA SUN.

MODERATE TO STRONG NE TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH 
THE STRONGEST WINDS BEING IN THE TYPICAL AREA NEAR THE COLOMBIAN 
COAST. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO 15-20 KT IN THIS 
AREA BY SAT AS HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA MOVES E AND WEAKENS SAT
AND SUN. THIS ALSO WILL MAINTAIN RATHER WEAK ELY TRADES ACROSS 
THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. A WEAK FRONT/TROUGH WILL MOVE 
INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT AND EXTEND E-W FROM CENTRAL CUBA 
YUCATAN PENINSULA SAT AND BECOME STATIONARY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE NEAR THIS FEATURE.


WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS