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AGXX40 KNHC 020717
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST TUE JAN 02 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

COLD FRONT FROM 31N70W TO NW CUBA TO BELIZE IS ONLY ACCOMPANIED 
BY A FEW SHOWERS MOSTLY IN STRAITS OF FL. EXPECT FRONT TO RACE E 
TO POSITION FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS 
THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALONG LINE FROM 31N60W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE 
TO NICARAGUA SUNRISE THU...AND FROM 25N55W TO HISPANIOLA TO 
NICARAGUA FRI...AND THEN LOSE IDENTITY OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS 
OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE SAT.

GALE WARNING GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT S OF 28N W OF 90W 
WITH MAX SEAS THEN OVER SW GULF WED WITH MAX SEAS TO 21 FT IN 
BAY OF CAMPECHE. NW WINDS TO GALE IN NW CARIBBEAN DOWNSTREAM
YUCATAN CHANNEL WITH SEAS TO MAX ABOUT 16 FT.
 
HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ACROSS CONUS ALONG 38N AND MOVE OFF 
DELMARVA FRI REACHING NEAR 35N65W SUN. NE WINDS WILL BECOME ELY 
NW GULF OF MEXICO THU NIGHT...WITH SLY RETURN FLOW SPREADING E 
OF THE W OF 90W BY FRI NIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECT BRISK NE WINDS 
THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD.

NE ATLC SWELLS ARRIVING IN WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE THU AND MONA 
PASSAGE AND NW CORNER TROPICAL ATLC ZONE MIDDAY FRI. THE N 
SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE S THROUGH THE TROPICAL ZONE FRI THROUGH 
SUN WITH SEAS TO 8 FT REACHING COAST OF S AMERICA LATE SUN. 

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING...N OF 17N W OF 85W...AMZ082. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING...S OF 28N W OF 90W...GMZ080 AND GMZ082.

FORECASTER NELSON