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AGXX40 KNHC 130451
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2007

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

DISSIPATING COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM SW FLORIDA TO 
S TEXAS WILL BECOME DIFFUSE BY LATER THIS MORNING. BUOYS 
CURRENTLY INDICATING WINDS PICKING UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF
TO 20-25 KT. STRONG SLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT OF A 
COLD FRONT THAT MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY SAT AND WILL EXTEND FROM 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT AFTERNOON AND FROM SW 
FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA SUN AND E OF THE AREA MON. STRONG N 
WINDS BEHIND COLD FRONT THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE 
AREA MON.

GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ATLC THROUGH SAT...THEN WINDS 
INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF A 
STRONG COLD FRONT. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE TRENDS OF CURRENT 
FORECAST PACKAGE AND HEADLINE GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT ON SUN. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY EWD AND WILL EXTEND 
FROM 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON AND OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE 
AREA FROM 24N65W TO HISPANIOLA TUE.

15 TO 20 KT TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUN 
THEN DECREASE MON AS THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES EWD AHEAD OF THE 
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
CARIBBEAN MON THEN BECOME DIFFUSE TUE.
 
WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS