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AGXX40 KNHC 261727
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
TO TAMPICO MEXICO. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO GALE FORCE 
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS W OF THE FRONT. WIND DECREASE BELOW
GALE FORCE EARLY WED. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA BY WED
AFTERNOON...AND WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM W TO E LATE WED
AND WED NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT AND MOVES E 
WITH SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING TO 15-20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN 
GULF THU AND FRI. THE WINDS DECREASE SAT AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS.

DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE E ATLC ZONE FROM 26N65W TO 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL BECOME DIFFUSE THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM
31N75W TO 27N80W EARLY WED AND FROM 31N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE
THU AND DISSIPATING FROM 24N65W TO HAITI FRI AND BECOME DIFFUSE
SAT. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION GUST TO GALE FORCE N OF 30N. 
OTHERWISE STRONG WINDS BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT WED AND
WED NIGHT THEN START TO DECREASE W OF 75W LATE THU. HIGH PRES
BUILDS N OF THE AREA FRI THROUGH SUN AND WINDS CONTINUE TO 
SUBSIDE.

ATLC HIGH PRES HAS SHIFTED E SO CARIBBEAN TRADES WILL REMAIN IN 
THE 15-20 KT RANGE THROUGH FRI. THE RIDGE BUILDS ON FRI WITH 
WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT AND UP TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA THROUGH SUN. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN 
CHANNEL WED MORNING AND FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO HONDURAS THU 
THEN DISSIPATE FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT NW OF THE 
FRONT WED AND THU.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING...GMZ080 AND GMZ082.

FORECASTER DGS