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AGXX40 KNHC 171737
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST SAT FEB 17 2007

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

HIGH PRES CURRENTLY ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL WEAKEN AND 
MOVE E. A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE 
OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 22N98W 
TONIGHT THEN MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA SUN. WINDS COULD BRIEFLY 
REACH GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUN N OF THE FRONT E OF 
90W. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH 
DECREASING WINDS FROM W TO E. THE HIGH SHIFTS TO THE E GULF MON 
AND SLY RETURN WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTER GULF. A VERY WEAK 
FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST WED THEN BECOMES DIFFUSE.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL BECOME 
DIFFUSE TONIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. 
COAST TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
SUN AFTERNOON. THE GFS SEEMS TO HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE TIMING OF 
THE GALE FORCE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AND NOT BECOMING GALE 
FORCE UNTIL DURING THE DAY ON SUN. OTHERWISE THE FORECAST LOOKS 
IN GOOD SHAPE. WINDS DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE MON AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA WITH DECREASING WINDS. ANOTHER 
COLD FRONT BRUSHES THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA LATE WINDS AND 
THU.

STATIONARY FRONT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE 
NICARAGUA/HONDURAS BORDER. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BY SUN 
MORNING AS A SECOND COLD FRONT SURGES SE ACROSS THE GULF OF 
MEXICO WITH BUILDING HIGH PRES. THIS WILL PUSH THE FIRST FRONT 
SE FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE NICARAGUA/COSTA RICA BORDER 
SUN AFTERNOON THEN BECOME DIFFUSE FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TO THE 
SW CARIBBEAN MON. TRADES RATHER WEAK AT THIS TIME BUT ARE 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE MON NIGHT THROUGH THU.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
GALE WARNING N OF 25N...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING E OF 90W...GMZ084 AND GMZ086.

FORECASTER DGS