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AGXX40 KNHC 300548
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE NW GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS
FROM NEW ORLEANS LA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. NLY WIND BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 KT. THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE NRN 
GULF ON TODAY AND STALLS FROM TAMPA BAY TO 25N97W BY THIS 
EVENING. THE FRONT LIFTS NWD AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY 
THU. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST THU AND MOVES SE 
AND EXTENDS FROM THE FL BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY 
FRI AND WEAKENS FROM CENTRAL FL TO BAY CAMPECHE EARLY SAT THEN 
MOVES N AS A WARM FRONT ON SUN WITH INCREASING SLY FLOW OVER THE 
NW GULF BY LATE SUN.

HIGH PRESS OVER THE ATLC ZONE IS MOVING EWD AS COLD FRONT MOVES 
OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATER TODAY. THE FRONT STALLS TONIGHT AND 
DISSIPATES. THE NEXT FRONT MOVES OFF THE NE FL/GA COAST LATE FRI 
AND STALLS IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE PREVIOUS FRONT BY LATE SAT 
AND LIFTS N OF THE AREA SUN. RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA SUN 
WITH INCREASING ELY WINDS S OF AROUND 26N.

TROUGH FROM 21N67W TO 12N60W WILL DRIFT W AND WEAKEN BY EARLY 
FRI WITH AN INCREASE IN ELY TRADES TO 20-25 KT PRIMARILY OVER 
THE N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE AND SPREADING WWD INTO 
THE E CARIBBEAN N OF 15N.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS