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AGXX40 KNHC 281743
MIMATS

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

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST
TO MEXICO NEAR 23N97W. BUOYS INDICATING 20-25 KT NLY WINDS W
OF THE FRONT AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING
THEN DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT THEN BECOME
STATIONARY BEFORE DISSIPATING MON. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
OFFSHORE EARLY TUE WITH WINDS INCREASING TO GALE FORCE S OF
27N W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE GULF EARLY WED
AND GALE FORCE WINDS COULD SPREAD INTO MIDDLE GULF S OF 27N.
WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT HEADLINES OF GALE CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR TUE AND WED.

ATLC TROUGH FROM 30N65W TO 26N72W WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING.
FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 28N THROUGH SUN WITH INCREASING 
E WINDS S OF AROUND 25N.  COLD FRONT ENTERS ATLC SUN NIGHT WITH 
SW FLOW AHEAD OF IT INCREASING TO 20-25 KT. COLD FRONT WEAKENS 
MON FROM 31N72W TO 27N80W THEN DISSIPATES TUE. NEXT COLD 
FRONT...THE STRONG ONE...ENTERS THE ATLC NW CORNER LATE TUE AND 
EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA WINDS WITH NLY WINDS 
INCREASING TO 25-30 KT W WINDS W OF FRONT.

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 AND EXTENDS 
FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE WED. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25-30 KT
IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WED AFTERNOON.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS