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AGXX40 KNHC 191712
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2008

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT IN THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE 
AREA CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS TO WESTERN 
YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE FRONT SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT.
HIGH PRES OVER SE U.S IS PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG NE FLOW 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. THE HIGH MOVES E LATE TONIGHT EARLY 
WED AND WINDS BECOME SLY AND DECREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF. SE 
FLOW INTENSIFIES THU AND FRI AS LOW PRES TROUGH DEVELOPS INLAND 
MEXICO AND SOUTHERN TEX. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS
COAST LATE FRI AND EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF 
CAMPECHE SAT THEN WEAKENS FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO N COAST OF 
TEXAS SUN.

PERSISTENT HIGH PRES OVER CENTRAL ATLC KEEP STRONG TRADES OVER 
THE CARIBBEAN. THE ATLC HIGH PRES MOVES E AND WILL BRIEFLY 
DIMINISH WINDS WED AND THU THEN RETURN AS RIDGE REBUILDS BY FRI. 

COLD FRONT IN THE ATLC CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO FLORIDA 
KEYS. SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE 
AREA WILL REMAIN 20-25 KT THIS EVENING THE DECREASE LATER 
TONIGHT. NOT MUCH NLY WIND TO SPEAK OF BEHIND FRONT. THE FRONT 
WEAKENS FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED THE BECOMES DIFFUSE 
WED NIGHT OR THU. HIGH PRES REBUILDS OVER CENTRAL ATLC THU. SW 
WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT 
APPROACHING FRONT. THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO NORTHERN WATERS SAT
AND SUN.
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS