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AGXX40 KNHC 130710
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
FRESH TO STRONG ELY WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AS 
THE REMNANTS OF OLGA NEAR JAMAICA AND HIGH PRES NEAR BERMUDA CREATES 
STRONG PRES GRADIENT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH FRI AS 
THE LOW WEAKENS AND HIGH PRES SHIFTS E. A WEAK SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT
IS ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NRN GULF
LATER TODAY. A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND 
INTO THE PLAINS FRI INTO SAT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT 
AHEAD OF THE TROUGH FRI. THE TROUGH PUSHES A STRONGER COLD FRONT INTO
THE NW GULF LATE FRI INTO SAT. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT IN 
THE WESTERN GULF...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST. FRESH TO 
STRONG NLY FLOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE GULF INTO SUN AS HIGH PRES 
BUILDS TO THE N...AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM W TO E SUN INTO MON.

ATLANTIC WATERS...
FRESH TRADE WINDS ALONG WITH RESIDUAL SWELL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND. MEANWHILE HIGH PRES NEAR BERMUDA SHIFTS S FRI INTO SAT. 
WHILE WINDS DIMINISH BETWEEN BERMUDA AND THE BAHAMAS...ELY FLOW WILL 
INCREASE THIS WEEKEND W OF THE LESSER ANTILLES S OF HIGH PRES. A 
COLD FRONT EMERGES OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST AND INTO THE WATERS 
N OF THE BAHAMAS SAT/SUN...WITH INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT.

CARIBBEAN...
REMNANT LOW OF OLGA NW OF JAMAICA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH FRI 
AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. HOWEVER...WINDS
AND SEAS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
AS HIGH PRES TO THE N SLIDES S. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH SUN AS THE 
HIGH TO THE N WEAKENS AND SHIFTS E AHEAD A COLD FRONT EMERGING OFF 
THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE WESTERN END OF THE FRONT WILL BE WEAK 
AS IT PENETRATES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE SUN INTO MON...FOLLOWED 
BY FRESH NLY FLOW ALONG THE BELIZE COAST TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS.


WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL