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AGXX40 KNHC 041744
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
145 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

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

MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF OF 
MEXICO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH TWO BUOYS IN THE NW GULF 
REPORTING SSE WINDS OF 25 KNOTS AND SEAS ABOUT SEVEN FEET. 
STRONG EASTERLY WINDS IN THE 25 TO 30 KNOT RANGE AND SEAS TO 12 
FEET ARE LOCATED OVER THE NE CARIBBEAN AND THE ATLANTIC FROM 
ABOUT 16N TO 21N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W. AN ALTIMETER PASS AT 0930 
UTC NEAR 20N62W IS 11 FEET. THE RIDGE AXIS IS LOCATED ALONG 29N 
AND IS DISPLAYED NICELY ON AN 1100 UTC QUIKSCAT PASS. A COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND BY SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. 
EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT WINDS WILL BE ABOUT 20 KNOTS. THE 
EASTERLIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE ATLANTIC S OF 25N WILL 
DIMINISH SLIGHTLY AS THE RIDGE AXIS INCHES SOUTHWARD. IN 48 
HOURS THE FRONT WILL BE OFF THE GEORGIA AND NE FLORIDA COAST AND 
WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE GULF. THE EASTERLIES WILL 
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE 
EASTERLIES WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND WILL BE NO HIGHER THAN 20 
KNOTS. SEAS WILL BE 7 TO 9 FEET OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF 
THE CARIBBEAN AND NO HIGHER THAN 5 FEET OVER THE GULF.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CAB