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AGXX40 KNHC 230631
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 AM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE IN THE NORTHERN GULF EXTENDS SE ACROSS SRN FLORIDA 
INTO THE WRN ATLC. WINDS IN THE GULF WILL REMAIN LIGHT TODAY...THEN  
SLY WINDS INCREASE IN THE WESTERN GULF TONIGHT AND SAT AHEAD OF A 
COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND 
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 21N97W SUN THEN WEAKEN FROM THE FLORIDA BIG 
BEND TO 22N97W MON. IT WILL THEN STALL...AND BECOME DIFFUSE...FROM 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 20N96W TUE. THE GFS MODEL HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY 
SHOWING LIGHT NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT AND SLY WINDS 15-20 KT E OF 
THE FRONT SAT NIGHT AND SUN THEN LIGHT WINDS MON AND TUE.

A FRONT SKIRTS THE NRN PORTION OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO 26N81W LATER TODAY AND FROM 25N65W 
TO E CUBA TONIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING FROM 22N65W TO E CUBA SAT. WLY 
WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT AND SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT FRI. LARGE 
NW SWELLS MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND SAT. THE 
NWW3 INDICATES SEAS TO 20 FT BY SAT THEN SWELLS SLOWLY DECREASE SUN. 
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND DRIFTS E. SLY WINDS WILL 
INCREASE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT THAT APPROACHES THE N FLORIDA 
COAST LATE MON AND EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TUE.

QUIKSCAT SHOWS A FAIRLY TYPICAL TRADE WIND PATTERN IN THE CARIBBEAN 
WITH A SMALL AREA OF 25 KT WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. LITTLE 
CHANGE ELSEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE 
STRENGTHENS AGAIN MON AND TUE WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN TRADE 
WINDS.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL