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AGXX40 KNHC 261814
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST WED DEC 26 2007

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

SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE NW GULF OF 
MEXICO AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT HAS MOVED OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
LATE THIS MORNING WITH QUIKSCAT AND BUOY REPORTS INDICATING 
SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 30 KNOTS. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE 
EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF AND BY LATE THURSDAY WILL DISSIPATE. 
THE NEXT FRONT WILL OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND 
BY THE AFTERNOON WILL BE LOCATED FROM THE SE LOUISIANA COAST TO 
THE MEXICAN COAST AT 23N. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO DISSIPATE... 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PRIOR TO REACHING THE ATLANTIC. THE THIRD 
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA OVER 
THIS FIVE DAY PERIOD WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON SUNDAY AND 
BY MONDAY WILL STRETCH FROM THE GEORGIA COAST ACROSS 25N90W AND 
INTO THE SW BAY OF CAMPECHE. 

A COLD FRONT OFF THE FLORIDA E COAST EXTENDS THROUGH 31N75W INTO 
THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. THIS FEATURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE TO 
31N70W TO 25N76W THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN DISSIPATE FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON. A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA BEHIND 
THE FRONT FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH RESULTING EASTERLY WINDS TO 
25 KNOTS S OF 22N AND CONTINUING INTO THE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CAB