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AGXX40 KNHC 300443
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008

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

HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WITH SLY
WINDS OVER THE NW GULF...SPREADING EWD THROUGH FRI. COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM SE
LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS SAT AND WEAK FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TO NEAR 25N90W SUN. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND 
THE FRONT.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL CUBA.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 30N65W TO HISPANIOLA TONIGHT AND FROM 
24N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THU THEN DISSIPATE LATE FRI. HIGH
PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT WITH INCREASING ELY WINDS S OF AROUND 
27N FRI AND SAT.

LATE SEASON COLD FRONT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO 
NORTHERN BELIZE WILL DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. TRADES START 
DIMINISHING TODAY AS HIGH PRES OVER ATLC MOVES E. NEW RIDGE 
BUILDS BEHIND FRONT BUT THE STRONGEST GRADIENT WILL REMAIN N OF 
THE THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.