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AGXX40 KNHC 200531
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST THU DEC 20 2007

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

LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRI. SLY WINDS INCREASE FRI NIGHT
AND EARLY SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE 
OFFSHORE SAT NIGHT. MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON GALE CONDITIONS
OVER THE SW GULF W OF THE FRONT...AND PREVIOUS SHIFT REMOVED
GALE CONDITIONS...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS TREND. THE FRONT
WEAKENS AND STALLS SUN AND MON.

WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO E CENTRAL CUBA WILL DISSIPATE
LATER TODAY. LOW PRES MOVES OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST NEAR
30N78W FRI AND NEAR 18N69W SAT THEN BECOMES A BROAD AREA
OF LOW PRES SUN. THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN THE LOW
AND HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WITH INCREASE ELY WINDS N OF
THE LOW. THE LOW DISSIPATES ON MON.

TROUGH IN THE NW CARIBBEAN EXTENDS FROM E-CENTRAL CUBA TO 
BELIZE. THE TROUGH SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE
15-20 KT TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN S OF AROUND 17N THROUGH
MON.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS