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AGXX40 KNHC 191720
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST MON FEB 19 2007

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO IS MOVING E AND THE 
SLY RETURN FLOW IS PICKING UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF. BUOYS 
CURRENTLY INDICATING SE TO S WINDS 20 KT AND SEAS 5-7 FT.
THE HIGH CONTINUES TO MOVE E INTO THE ATLC AND THE 15-20 KT SLY 
WINDS SPREADS EWD TO W OF 89W MON NIGHT...THE WINDS COULD REACH 
25 KT W OF 95W. THE HIGH WEAKENS AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES 
THE NORTHERN GULF WED THEN WASHES OUT BY WED EVENING. ANOTHER 
FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST SAT AND SLY WINDS INCREASE ONCE 
AGAIN OVER THE WESTERN GULF.

HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE ATLC IN WAKE OF THE STRONG COLD 
FRONT THE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 
GALE FORCE THIS EVENING SO WILL DISCONTINUE THE GALE WARNING. 
LARGE SWELLS WILL LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND WILL SLOWLY 
SUBSIDE FROM W TO E THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A VERY WEAK 
COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THU 
THEN MOVES E OF THE AREA FRI...WITH A RETURN OF HIGH PRES ON SAT.

ATLC HIGH STRENGTHENS W OF COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL RESULT IN 
INCREASE ELY WINDS ACROSS MUCH TO THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH MID WEEK 
THEN MORE TYPICAL TRADES WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BEING NEAR THE 
COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD HOLD THROUGH SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS