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AGXX40 KNHC 050501
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT SAT APR 5 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 EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COAST TO THE N COAST OF MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY THEN
WEAKEN FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT
AND BECOME STATIONARY THEN DISSIPATE MON. BUOYS INDICATE NLY
WINDS 20 KT W OF THE FRONT...WHICH SHOULD DECREASE TO 15 KT
BY THIS AFTERNOON. TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND ATLC
RIDGE WILL KEEP SLY WINDS 20 KT E OF THE FRONT THROUGH SUN.
RIDGE BUILD ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N/28N WILL DRIFT S AS A WEAK COLD FRONT 
MOVES OVER THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA MON. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS TUE. WEAK LOW WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 29N74W TUE THEN DRIFT TO 27N74W
WED. NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT MON AND TUE.

ATLC HIGH PRES WILL KEEP MODERATE TO STRONG TRADE WINDS ACROSS
THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN. THE TRADES DECREASE SOME NEXT WEEK
AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND MOVES E.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS