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AGXX40 KNHC 200639
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 AM EST TUE FEB 20 2007

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE ERN GULF OF MEXICO IS SHIFTING FURTHER E 
AND SLY RETURN FLOW IS PICKING UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF. BUOYS ARE
CURRENTLY SHOWING SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT AND SEAS 5-7 FT W OF 90W. 
WINDS COULD REACH 25 KT W OF 95W LATER THIS MORNING AS THE PRESSURE 
GRADIENT TIGHTENS...BUT THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT AND WED AS A 
WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE NORTHERN GULF THEN WASHES OUT BY WED 
EVENING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST SAT...AND 
SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WESTERN GULF.

HIGH PRES IS BUILDING ACROSS THE SW ATLC IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG 
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA SUN. QUIKSCAT SHOWED WINDS 30 
TO 35 KT N OF 30N NEAR 60W. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY THIS LOW PRES 
SYSTEM WILL LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE ATLC FOR A FEW DAYS...AND WILL 
SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM W TO E BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A WEAK COLD 
FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THU...THEN 
MOVE E OF THE AREA FRI...WITH A RETURN OF HIGH PRES SAT.

ATLC HIGH STRENGTHENING W OF THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN INCREASED 
ELY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH MID-WEEK...THEN A 
RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL TRADES WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD HOLD IN THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL