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AGXX40 KNHC 021754
MIMATS

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

STRONG NLY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...BUT SHOULD
DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SHIFTS TO 
THE E AND WINDS SLOW DECREASE FROM W TO E THU AND THU NIGHT WITH
THE STRONGER WINDS CONFINED TO THE EASTERN GULF FRI AND SAT.
SLY RETURN FLOW PICKS UP TO AROUND 20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF 
LATE SUN AND MON.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA 
WILL MOVE TO 27N65W TO HAITI THU AND E OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. 
STRONG NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT...25-30 KT...SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 
GALE FORCE. WINDS BECOME N-NE LATE THU HOWEVER LARGE SWELL...UP 
TO 18 FTWILL CONTINUE THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON FRI. ELY WINDS 
DECREASE TO LESS THE 20 KT N OF 25N SAT THROUGH MON BUT REMAIN 
20-25 KT S OF 27N.

CARIBBEAN COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF
HONDURAS WILL EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA
TONIGHT AND FROM MONA PASSAGE TO COSTA RICA THU NIGHT AND
DISSIPATE FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS W OF 85W TONIGHT THEN BELOW
GALE FORCE THU...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK ACROSS MUCH OF
THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT BY SUN
AND MON.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS