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AGXX40 KNHC 010437
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2008

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH SLY WINDS 
INCREASING TO 20-25 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF...THEN SPREADING
EWD LATER TODAY THROUGH FRI. WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE
TEXAS COAST LATE SAT AND EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TO S TEXAS SUN THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA LATE MON. NLY WINDS
BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT SUN.

WEAKENING ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 27N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS...WILL 
WEAKEN FROM 23N65W TO HAITI FRI AND BECOME  STATIONARY AND 
DISSIPATE SUN. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE THE ATLC W 
OF THE FRONT. ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT S OF AROUND 27N FRI 
THEN DECREASE SUN AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND DRIFTS SWD. NEXT FRONT 
MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SUN NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO 
CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE SUN.

CARIBBEAN TRADES REMAIN LIGHT...WITH ONLY 15-20 KT WINDS
ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND EVEN THESE WINDS DECREASE
TO BELOW 20 KT OVER THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.