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AGXX40 KNHC 180545
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
145 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
1023 MB SFC HIGH PRES IS CENTERED OVER THE MOUTH OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS MORNING...ALLOWING WINDS IN ALL BUT THE 
FAR ERN PORTIONS OF THE GULF WATERS NEAR THE W FLORIDA COAST TO 
DIMINISH TO GENERALLY 10 TO 15 KT. HOWEVER...THIS PATTERN WILL 
CHANGE THROUGH TODAY AS THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS E. THE GRADIENT 
WILL TIGHTEN ON THE WRN EDGE OF THE HIGH NEAR THE TEXAS COAST 
THROUGH TODAY...AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OVER W 
TEXAS. ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER MOST OF THE GULF WATERS 
THROUGH NEXT WEEK...AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE WRN ATLC.

CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC...
RELATIVELY MODEST ELY FLOW IN PLACE THIS MORNING OVER THE S 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...DUE TO WEAKER HIGH PRES TO THE N IN ADVANCE 
OF COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH BAHAMAS AND ERN CUBA. SHIP/BUOY 
OBSERVATIONS AND EVENING QUIKSCAT DATA SHOW FRESH NELY WINDS 
OVER WATERS E OF YUCATAN AND N OF HONDURAS BEHIND WEAKENING COLD 
FRONT...WHICH EXTENDS FROM ERN CUBA TO ERN HONDURAS. FRESH ELY 
WINDS PREVAIL OVER TROP N ATLC HOWEVER...E OF LEEWARD ISLANDS. 
TREND WILL BE FOR ELY FLOW TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY STARTING 
TOMORROW THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES NOW OVER N CENTRAL GULF 
BUILDS E INTO WRN ATLC WATERS.

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N67W TO ERN TIP OF CUBA. SLY 
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE STILL REACHING 30 KT ALTHOUGH THIS 
WILL BE TRENDING DOWN THROUGH TODAY AS UPPER DYNAMICS LIFT OUT. 
LIKEWISE FRESH TO STRONG NWLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE 
BAHAMAS WILL DIMINISH TODAY. HOWEVER...EXPECT TRADES TO PICK UP 
TONIGHT THROUGH THE BAHAMAS AND ADJACENT WATERS TO THE E AS HIGH 
PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN