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AGXX40 KNHC 271754
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST THU DEC 27 2007

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

WEAKENING TROUGH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS
EVENING. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST EARLY FRI
AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 22N97W FRI AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT AND DISSIPATE
SUN. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA MON
THEN E OF THE AREA TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THIS
FRONT AND WINDS MAY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE OVER THE SW GULF
TUE AFTERNOON.

ATLC COLD FRONT HAS WEAKENED TO A TROUGH FROM 31N70W TO 26N76W.
THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE 
BUILDS OVER AREA LATE FRI THROUGH SUN WITH INCREASING ELY WINDS
S OF AROUND 25N/26W. THE RIDGE MOVES EWD MON AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE FAR NW CORNER THE THE FORECAST AREA. THE
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  

STRENGTHENING ATLC RIDGE COMBINED WITH LOWER PRES OVER COLOMBIA
TIGHTENS PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN RESULTING IN STRONG 
E FLOW ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA S OF 18N.  LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED 
THROUGH MON...THE THE ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS E AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE TUE.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS