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AGXX40 KNHC 180540
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST SUN NOV 18 2007

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

HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S. HAS INCREASED THE SLY RETURN FLOW
IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WITH BUOYS CURRENTLY INDICATING 
S WINDS 15-20 KT AND SEAS TO 6 FT. THE HIGH WEAKENS AND THE WINDS
DECREASE BY LATE SUN THROUGH TUE. WINDS INCREASE AGAIN ON WED 
AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY
THU AND EXTEND FROM NEAR MOBILE AL TO NE COAST OF MEXICO THU
AFTERNOON.

WEAKENING FRONT IN THE ATLC EXTENDS FROM 22N65W TO THE WINDWARD
PASSAGE WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. WEAK FRONT/TROUGH WILL
BRUSH THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATER TODAY...OTHERWISE HIGH
PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA. LOW PRES DEVELOPS NE OF THE AREA
TUE AND WILL RESULT IN INCREASING NLY WINDS AND LARGE SWELL
N OF 25N E OF 73W TUE AND WED. THE WINDS DECREASE THU HOWEVER
LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA E OF 75W.

BRISK TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN S OF AROUND 17N E OF 80W WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TUE THEN DECREASE WED AND THU AS THE ATLC RIDGE
WEAKENS.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS