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AGXX40 KNHC 180641
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
240 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO...SE RETURN FLOW WILL WEAKEN EARLY THIS MORNING 
IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT OFF TX COAST BY MID MORNING. COLD 
FRONT MOVES TO E GULF AND STALLS SAT NIGHT WASHING OUT SUN. 
RETURN FLOW SET UP ALL WATERS SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE.

SW ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC...A FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE E PORTION 
SW ATLC WILL MEANDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE FINALLY 
DISSIPATING OVER THE NW WATERS OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE. HIGH 
PRES WILL SHIFT E OFF FL COAST ALONG 29N TO NEAR 29N70W SUN 
NIGHT THEN SHIFT S TO NEAR 25N73W MON THROUGH WED.

CARIBBEAN...NE WINDS 20-30 KT NEAR COLOMBIA THROUGH PERIOD. 
OTHERWISE FRESH E TRADES.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.