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AGXX40 KNHC 260742
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 AM EST MON NOV 26 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
SFC LOW PRES 1010 MB OVER N ALABAMA MOVING NE TODAY PUSHING COLD 
FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL GULF WATERS AND LIFTING WARM FRONT ACROSS 
NRN FLORIDA.  NW WINDS INCREASE BEHIND COLD FRONT ACROSS GULF  
WATERS WITH FUNNELING EFFECTS ALONG MEXICAN COAST TO REACH NEAR 
GALE FORCE IN FAR WRN BAY OF CAMPECHE TODAY.  STRONG S FLOW ALSO 
OVER ERN GULF AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THROUGH TUE.  GLOBAL MODELS 
MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH SLY FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT THAN WITH FLOW 
BEHIND FRONT APPARENTLY DUE TO SHALLOWNESS OF COLD DOME BUT THE 
NAM MODEL...FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND SCAT WINDS LEAN TOWARDS 
STRONGER WINDS BEHIND BOUNDARY.  WINDS DIMINISH ACROSS MOST OF 
GULF WED AS FRONT STALLS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO WRN YUCATAN.

ATLANTIC WATERS...
STRONG ELY TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS SW N ATLC S OF 28N AS HIGH 
PRES N OF AREA REMAINS IN PLACE TODAY AND GRADIENT REMAINS 
TIGHT.  WINDS DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES IS FORCED NE BY APPROACHING 
COLD FRONT.  REBUILDING RIDGE INCREASE WINDS AND BUILD SEAS 
AS FRONT STALLS 31N65W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THU AND FRI.  

CARIBBEAN...
PRES GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH 1031 MB HIGH PRES N OF AREA 
PRODUCING NEAR GALE FORCE TRADE WINDS N OF COLOMBIA AND 
VENEZUELA.  CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH WED...THEN DIMINISH THU 
AND FRI AS HIGH PRES WEAKENS AND SHIFTS NE.  TRPCL WAVE ALONG 
65W EFFECT LIMITED GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF GRADIENT WIND ALREADY 
IN PLACE.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES