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AGXX40 KNHC 041804
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM EST SUN MAR 04 2007

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

UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER HISPANIOLA DOMINATES 
ENTIRE DISCUSSION AREA WITH QUASI-ZONAL WINDS 120 KT STRONG 
ALONG 31N.  STRONG UPPER TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THIS 
AFTERNOON WILL HELP ERODE WRN FRINGES OF RIDGE...BUT NOT 
DISPLACE IT.  RIDGE CURTAILS VERTICAL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AND 
KEEPS MOST OF AREA FAIRLY DRY. 

HIGH PRES BEHIND COLD FRONT ACROSS SW N ATLC TIGHTENING GRADIENT 
OVER WRN GULF OF MEXICO WITH SHORT BLAST OF GALE FORCE WINDS W 
OF 90W S OF 28N.  WIND SUBSIDES BELOW GALE FORCE TONIGHT AS  
COLD FRONT PUSHES E INTO CENTRAL ATLC RELAXING GRADIENT.  FRONT 
ENCROACHMENT INTO CARIBBEAN RESULTS IN STRONG NORTHEASTERLIES W 
OVER WRN PART TILL TUE SUBSIDING THROUGH FRI.  

BY END OF OUTLOOK PERIOD...WEAK COLD FRONT DIGS S INTO ATLC 
WATERS W OF 70W WITH STRONG N WINDS.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING S OF 28N W OF 90W...GMZ082...GMZ080

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES