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AGXX40 KNHC 061931
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

LONGWAVE TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS UNABLE TO DISPLACE 
MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ANCHORED OVER WRN CARIBBEAN AND EXTENDING 
NW INTO CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND E OVER ENTIRE CARIBBEAN AND 
SW N ATLC.  REGION UNDER RIDGE VERY DRY WITH EXCEPTION OF LOW 
LEVEL CONVERGENCE DUE TO COLD FRONT DETAILED BELOW.  

COLD FRONT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO EXTEND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
TO 20N96W MOVE RAPIDLY E AND REACH 29N83W TO 18N94W LATE TONIGHT.
GALE FORCE WINDS...VERIFIED BY QUICK SCAT AND SHIP REPORTS... 
EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DIMINISH EARLY TONIGHT AND BELOW 20 KT BY 
EARLY THU.  SEA HEIGHTS LINGER SLIGHTLY LONGER OVER SW GULF BUT 
GET BELOW 5 FT BY EARLY FRI.  FRONT STALLS AND WEAKENS THU FROM 
TAMPA BAY TO ERN YUCATAN PENINSULA AND DISSIPATES FRI.  STRONG 
HIGH PRES 1035 MB BUILDS OVER SE STATES SUN WITH NE-E WINDS 
INCREASING TO 20-25 KT SEAS REACH 12 FT BY SUN NIGHT.  HIGH PRES 
WEAKENS QUICKLY AND MOVES E INTO ATLC DIMINISHING WINDS AND SEAS 
AGAIN BY LATE MON. 

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 29N MOVE E AS THIS COLD FRONT ENTERS SW N ATLC 
LATE TONIGHT.  SW WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT AHEAD OF FRONT N OF 
28N BUT QUICKLY MOVE N OF AREA LATE THU.  FRONT REACH FROM 
31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI BECOME DIFFUSE LATE FRI.  SECOND 
FRONT SWEEPS INTO AREA SAT NIGHT EXTENDING FROM 30N65W TO SE 
BAHAMAS SUN AND OUT OF AREA LATE MON.  STRONG N WINDS BEHIND 
FRONT AS HEALTHY HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND IT.

ATLC RIDGE KEEPING BRISK TRADES ACROSS CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT 
THEN DECREASE SUN AS STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC AND RIDGE 
MOVES EWD.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING WED SW GULF W OF FRONT...GMZ082

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES