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AGXX40 KNHC 170443
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 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 FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY AND BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY THEN DISSIPATE LATE SUN. GRADIENT IS WEAK
WITH THE FRONT AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK. LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WED
COMBINED WITH RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO INCREASES
SLY WINDS TO 20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF.
 
COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST INTO THE ATLC 
LATER THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO 28N80W THIS 
AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 
20-25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF AROUND 26N/26N TODAY...WITH ONLY
WEAK HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT WILL
BE LIGHT. LOWER PRES ALONG THE E COAST OF THE U.S. AND ATLC
RIDGE ALONG 25N COMBINE TO BRING 20 KT SW WINDS N OF AROUND
28N THROUGH WED.

CARIBBEAN TRADES WILL BE LESS THAN NORMAL WITH THE ONLY AREAS OF 
20 KT BEING S OF 15N AND IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS. WINDS WILL 
OCCASIONALLY REACH 25 KNOTS OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.