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AGXX40 KNHC 280743
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007

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

LOW PRES 1007 MB DEVELOPED RIGHT ON TEXAS SE COAST WITH WARM 
FRONT RUNNING ALONG COAST TO MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER THEN 
GOES INLAND.  SLY RETURN FLOW GETTING STRONGER W OF 92W AS LOW 
PRES BRINGS COLD FRONT INTO NWRN GULF.  FRONT REACH FLORIDA BIG 
BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE SAT BEFORE BECOMING DIFFUSE AND 
DISSIPATE SUN.  SECOND FRONT OFF TEXAS COAST EARLY SUN REACHES 
SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY MON RUN SIMILAR FATE TO 
PREVIOUS ONE.  VERY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES QUICKLY OFF TEXAS 
COAST MON NIGHT AND SPEEDS ACROSS ENTIRE GULF INTO S FLORIDA BY 
LATE TUE NIGHT.  STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND FRONT WITH WIND 
LIKELY INCREASING TO GALE FORCE OVER SW GULF LATE TUE.

ATLC TROUGH FROM 31N70W TO 27N77W WILL DISSIPATE LATE TODAY.  
FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 28N THROUGH SUN WITH INCREASING 
E WINDS S OF AXIS.  COLD FRONT ENTERS ATLC SUN NIGHT WITH SW 
FLOW AHEAD OF IT INCREASING TO 20-25 KT.  COLD FRONT DISSIPATES 
MON AS HIGH PRES REBUILDS ALONG 27N.  NEXT COLD FRONT...THE 
STRONG ONE...ENTER ATLC NW CORNER EARLY TUE NIGHT AND QUICKLY 
REACHES 31N73W TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE NIGHT WITH STRONG 
25-30 KT NW WINDS W OF FRONT.  SEAS EXPECTED TO REACH 12 FT IN 
SW N ATLC.     

REBUILDING HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER SW N ATLC COMBINED WITH LOW PRES 
OVER COLOMBIA TIGHTENS PRES GRADIENT ACROSS CARIBBEAN RESULTING 
IN STRONG E FLOW ACROSS MOST OF AREA S OF 18N.  LITTLE CHANGE 
EXPECTED THROUGH MON WHEN ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS E AS THE STRONG COLD 
FRONT MOVES ACROSS YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE TUE NIGHT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES