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AGXX40 KNHC 261630
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2007

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. 
BRISK ELY WINDS THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SE GULF 
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUE THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY WED AND THU AND 
BELOW 20 KT BY FRI AND SAT. THE SLY WINDS...15 TO 20 KT...OVER 
THE NW GULF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THU. WINDS DECREASE ON FRI AS 
A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE NW GULF. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND 
FROM SW LOUISIANA TO THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER FRI AFTERNOON AND 
FROM MOBILE AL TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES 
BUILDS W OF THE FRONT.

PERSISTENT RIDGE IN THE ATLC WILL KEEP MODERATE TO STRONG ELY 
WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE ATLC ZONE THROUGH TUE. THE RIDGE SHIFTS 
SWD WED AND THE WINDS DECREASE FROM N TO S. THE RIDGE WEAKENS 
THU AND FRI AND WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
AREA. THE HIGH N OF THE AREA ONCE AGAIN STRENGTHENS AND WINDS 
INCREASE ON SAT.

THE ATLC RIDGE IS PRODUCING NE TO E WINDS 20 KT OVER THE NW 
CARIBBEAN N OF AROUND 18N W OF 78W AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WED 
THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY THU THROUGH SAT. TRADES REMAIN ON THE 
LIGHT SIDE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU 
THEN INCREASE FRI AND SAT AS THE ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS