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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
215 AM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
REMNANT LOW OF OLGA APPEARS SLIGHTLY BETTER ORGANIZED IN METSAT DATA 
AND SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MAX WINDS 30 KT...OR POSSIBLY HIGHER. 
THE LOW WILL CLIP THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...NEAR COZUMEL...LATER THIS 
MORNING THEN CURVE NORTH INTO THE MIDDLE GULF OF MEXICO...AHEAD OF 
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT POISED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST AROUND 
18Z. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL ALLOW GALE CONDITIONS TO SET UP 
OVER THE WESTERN GULF. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SUNDAY INTO 
MONDAY AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SFC 
HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. MODERATE TO FRESH ELY FLOW 
WILL PERSIST OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE INTO WED AS THE HIGH 
SHIFTS INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.


ATLANTIC...
SURFACE RIDGE CENTERED NEAR BERMUDA EXTENDS ALONG 30N TO NE FLORIDA. 
FRESH TO STRONG ELY FLOW PERSISTS IN A LARGE SWATH N OF THE ANTILLES 
THROUGH TO SOUTHERN BAHAMAS. SLY WINDS INCREASING STEADILY TODAY N 
OF THE BAHAMAS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EMERGING OFF THE COAST 
TONIGHT. TIGHT GRADIENT IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH AND A 
LOW PRES AREA MOVING INTO THE MID ATLC STATES...WHICH WILL PRODUCE 
GALE CONDITIONS TONIGHT MAINLY N OF 30N...BUT WILL ALSO EXTEND SOUTH 
INTO WATERS E OF NE FLORIDA AND N/NE OF BAHAMAS. NWLY FLOW BEHIND 
THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH MON/TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE WESTERN 
ATLANTIC...LEAVING MODERATE TO FRESH NELY FLOW S OF THE SURFACE 
RIDGE TUE/WED IN THE WATERS E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. 

CARIBBEAN...
STRONG TRADE WINDS CONTINUE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN. THE TRADES WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN RESPONSE TO HIGH PRES NE OF
THE AREA WEAKENING AND SHIFTING E AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EMERGING OFF 
THE U.S. SOUTHEAST COAST SAT NIGHT. FRONT PUSHES INTO NW CARIBBEAN 
WATERS SUN/MON BRINGING STRONG NLY WINDS NEAR BELIZE. WINDS DIMINISH 
MON/TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN TUE AND WED.


WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...GALE WARNING WEST OF FRONT GMZ080 GMZ082

FORECASTER MUNDELL