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AGXX40 KNHC 161635
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1135 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
SHIPS...BUOYS AND SCATTEROMETERS ARE REPORTING GENERALLY STRONG TO 
NEAR GALE WINDS ACROSS THE GULF THIS MORNING BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD 
FRONT THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A QUIKSCAT PASS FROM 
AROUND 12Z MATCHED WELL WITH A LAND BASED READING SHOWING UP TO 40 
KT NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY BE SE OF THE GULF BY 
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM W TO E 
ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH TOMORROW AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N. LIGHT 
TO MODERATE NE TO E FLOW WILL PERSIST INTO THU. RETURN SLY FLOW 
ALONG THE MEXICAN AND TEXAS COASTS IN THE FAR W GULF WILL START TO 
INCREASE LATE WED...AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONT DIGGING THROUGH THE 
SOUTHERN PLAINS. GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AHEAD OF THE FRONT 
THU...INCREASING SW WINDS OVER N CENTRAL GULF WATERS BY LATE THU. 
WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND SHIFT NLY AS THE WEAK FRONT MAKES LIMITED 
PROGRESS INTO NRN GULF WATERS LATE FRI...AHEAD OF A STRONGER COLD 
FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.

CARIBBEAN...
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND INTO THE NW 
CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY...AND BRING FRESH TO STRONG NLY FLOW BETWEEN 
WESTERN CUBA AND BELIZE THROUGH MON. MEANWHILE FRESH TO STRONG ELY 
TRADES OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY 
AS HIGH PRES TO THE N OF THE AREA SHIFTS E AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT 
EMERGING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE 
ABSENCE OF STRONG RIDGING TO THE N...ELY FLOW ACROSS MAINLY THE 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL REMAIN MODERATE. LARGE SWELL OVER 
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN WILL DECAY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
DAYS AS WELL. 

ATLANTIC WATERS...
SW WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMING OFF THE U.S. SOUTHEAST COAST WILL 
INCREASE TO MINIMAL GALE CONDITIONS TODAY IN THE WATERS GENERALLY N 
OF 28N AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG NWLY FLOW FOLLOWS THE FRONT AS IT 
MOVES E ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL START 
TO DIMINISH OVERALL EARLY THIS WEEK AS THE FRONT STALLS AND 
DISSIPATES. MODERATE ELY WILL PERSIST LATER IN THE WEEK.
WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...GALE WARNING AMZ080 N OF 28N W OF 68W.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...GALE WARNING GMZ082 W OF 95W.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN