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AGXX40 KNHC 071722
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM EST WED FEB 07 2007

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

HIGH PRES COVERS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E THU AS ANOTHER 
FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO 
QUICKLY SWEEP ACROSS THE NE AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF 
BEFORE MOVING E OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE FRI. WEAK HIGH 
PRES BUILDS FRI...AND WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. THE HIGH MOVES 
EWD OVER THE WEEKEND AND SLY WIND INCREASE TO 15 KT OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF LATE SAT AND SUN...THEN INCREASE TO 20 KT BY MON W 
OF 95W.

WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE 
WILL DISSIPATE W OF 65W THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27N 
COMBINED WITH FRONT MOVING N OF THE AREA PRODUCING 20-25 KT WLY
WINDS N OF 29N. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY THU MORNING
THEN INCREASE AGAIN AS ANOTHER SYSTEM BRUSHES THE N PORTION OF 
THE AREA THU AFTERNOON. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE 
U.S. COAST FRI AFTERNOON AND REACHES A LINE ROUGHLY FROM 31N7OW 
TO 28N80W FRI NIGHT...AND OVER THE SE CORNER OF THE AREA FROM 
24N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SAT...THEN BECOMING DIFFUSE 
SUN. VERY WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA MON WITH LIGHT 
AND VARIABLE WINDS. LARGE NW SWELL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NE 
PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND SLOW SUBSIDE 
OVER THE WEEKEND.

HIGHEST TRADES REMAIN NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST IN THE 20-25 KT 
RANGE. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRI MORNING BEFORE 
DECREASING TO 15-20 KT THROUGH SAT MORNING AS HIGH PRES N OF THE 
AREA MOVES E AND WEAKENS. THE WINDS HERE THEN INCREASE ONCE 
AGAIN TO 20-25 KT LATER SAT AND SUN AS A HIGH PRES RIDGE 
RE-BUILDS IN THE ATLC. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN TRADES ARE 
RATHER LIGHT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH MON...BUT 
MAY INCREASE SOME OVER THE E CARIBBEAN ON SUN TO THE RANGE OF 
15-20 KT.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS