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AGXX40 KNHC 211716
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST THU FEB 21 2008

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

WARM FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM FT MYERS FL TO NEW ORLEANS 
WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA TONIGHT. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE 
TEXAS COAST EARLY FRI AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO 
MEXICO FRI EVENING AND FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 25N93W SAT AND 
FROM TAMPA BAY TO 23N97W SUN AND E OF THE AREA MON. SLY WINDS 
BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH FRI 
NIGHT. OTHERWISE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 30N65W TO 27N76W THEN BECOMES A 
WARM FRONT TO WEST PALM BEACH. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN 
AND DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA 
TONIGHT...THIS COMBINED WITH LOWER PRES OVER THE SE U.S. WILL 
INCREASE THE SLY WINDS OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THE NEXT 
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE COAST SAT NIGHT AND OVER THE N 
PORTION OF THE AREA SUN AND FROM 31N66W TO W CUBA MON THEN MOVES 
RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA TUE. THE GFS DEVELOPS A STRONG LOW JUST N 
OF THE AREA MON WITH WINDS INCREASING TO GALE FORCE. IT IS THE 
ONLY MODEL TO INCREASE WINDS TO GALE FORCE...SO WILL NOT MENTION
GALE AND SEE WHAT LATER MODEL RUNS INDICATE.

BRISK TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN S OF 17N E OF 78W AND 
COULD INCREASE TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA FRI NIGHT AS 
THE ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS. WINDS DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS