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AGXX40 KNHC 131656
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 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 NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...WITH SLY
WINDS 15-20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THESE WINDS SHOULD SPREAD
ACROSS ALL OF THE GULF WED AND THU THEN DECREASE THU NIGHT AS
THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI AND
FROM SW FLORIDA TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT AND E OF THE
AREA SUN. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE W OF THE FRONT FRI THEN 
DECREASE SUN.

ATLC COLD FRONT 27N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 25N65W 
TO E CUBA WED AND WEAKENING FROM 22N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
WED NIGHT AND E OF THE AREA THU. STRONG N-NW WINDS...20-25 KT... 
CONTINUE N OF 28N E OF 76W TONIGHT THEN DECREASE WED. LARGE NLY 
SWELL WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA WED 
AND THU THEN DRIFTS E FRI. GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN THE HIGH 
AND AN APPROACHING COLD ALONG THE E COAST OF THE UNITED STATES 
WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING 20-25 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE 
AREA FRI. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO 27N80W SAT
THEN WEAKEN FROM 31N66W TO 27N80W SUN. STRONG SLY WINDS E OF THE 
FRONT WILL DECREASE SUN.

TYPICAL 15-20 KT TRADES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN 
WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. EXPECT THESE 
CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.