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AGXX40 KNHC 101702
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES NW OF AREA WILL SHIFT SE TO OVER NE TX TUE...THEN CONTINUE 
TO SHIFT ESE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COASTAL PLAINS AND OFFSHORE 
THE GA COAST THU...AND THEN RACE NE OF BERMUDA FRI. THE CURRENT 
BRISK 15-20 KT SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE GULF WATERS W OF 
88W...AND NE TO E FLOW OVER THE SE GULF WATERS...WILL DIMINISH TO 10 
TO 15 KT EARLY TONIGHT. STILL EXPECTING A RETURN FLOW TROUGH OVER E 
TEXAS TO GET PICKED UP BY A NEW SHORTWAVE TROUGH...WHICH IS 
CURRENTLY SHIFTING SE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH THE MERGED 
BOUNDARY MOVING E INTO THE W GULF WATERS LATE TONIGHT...REACHING THE 
N CENTRAL GULF WATERS WED...STALLING AND WASHING OUT THU AND FRI 
OVER THE E PORTION. THE NEXT STRONG COLD FRONT STILL EXPECTED ALONG 
TX COAST AROUND SUNRISE SAT...REACHING A POSITION FROM W CENTRAL FL 
TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SUNRISE SUN.

CARIBBEAN...NE 20 KT WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN TO THE NW OF A 
BROAD DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT 
TONIGHT. THE ATLC RIDGE N OF AREA WILL MAINTAIN TIGHT GRADIENT 
ALONG COLOMBIAN COAST WITH NE 20-25 KT THROUGH PERIOD. OTHERWISE E 
10-15 KT TRADE WINDS THROUGH PERIOD.

SW N ATLC...A FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N57W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL 
CONTINUE MOVING E ALONG 30N TONIGHT WHILE THE WESTERN PORTION BEGINS 
TO DRIFT NW THROUGH THE NW BAHAMAS AND STRAITS OF FL. EXPECT THIS 
INITIAL BOUNDARY TO BE OVERRUN BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE 
NORTHERN WATERS TUE...WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY LYING ALONG LINE 
31N65W TO 27N70W TO 27N80W WED. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO 
NW WATERS THU...MERGING WITH WHATEVER REMAINS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO 
BOUNDARIES...ALL BECOMING A BROAD WEAKENING TROUGH OVER THE E WATERS 
FRI WITH A RIDGE BUILDING IN W OF THE TROUGH ALONG 26N. SOUTHERLY 
FLOW WILL INCREASE N OF THIS RIDGE IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT 
MOVING OFF THE GA COAST LATE SAT.
  
WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON