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AGXX40 KNHC 081830
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO FROM TAMPA BAY TO NW 
YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DISSIPATE SATURDAY. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE 
BUILDS ACROSS SE U.S. SUN WITH STRONG WINDS ACROSS MOST GULF 
THROUGH MON. THE HIGH MOVES EWD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST ON 
TUE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N74W TO THE FLORIDA COAST AT 
28N80.5W. SW WINDS 15-20 KT N OF 28N AHEAD OF FRONT WILL 
DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. THE DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO 28N81W OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT EVENING.  
SECOND FRONT SWEEPS INTO AREA SAT NIGHT EXTENDING FROM 31N70W TO 
THE BAHAMAS NEAR 24N78W SUN THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA MON. BROAD 
RIDGE REBUILDS N OF AREA TUE THAT WILL PRODUCE 15-20 KT ELY 
WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SW ATLANTIC W OF 65W.

1026 MB HIGH PRESENTLY CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC NEAR 27N50W 
HAS A RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS W TO 27N71W.  THIS RIDGE IS KEEPING 
BRISK E TRADES ACROSS CARIBBEAN THROUGH TUE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 
COAST OF N COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER FORMOSA