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AGXX40 KNHC 011649
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT WED OCT 01 2008

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

DRY COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE 
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 27N95W...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH IN THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO SW FLORIDA TO 24N94W 
TONIGHT THEN BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU 
THROUGH SAT THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE SUN AND MON. HIGH PRES 
STRENGTHENS OVER THE SE U.S. AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT 
SAT AND SUN. OTHERWISE WINDS 15 KT OR LESS.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N69W TO S FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL 
DISSIPATE AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE AND EXTENDS FROM 
31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THU NIGHT AND FROM 31N73W TO THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI AND BECOME STATIONARY THEN DISSIPATE
MON. MODERATE TO STRONG SW WINDS AHEAD OF THE FIRST FRONT
TONIGHT AND EARLY THU...THEN DECREASE THU NIGHT. HIGH PRES 
BUILDS OVER THE SE U.S. AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE 
NW PORTION OF THE AREA.

SURFACE TROUGH IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TO A WEAK 1013 MB LOW PRES 
NEAR COZUMEL WILL DRIFT SE AND THEN MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT THAT 
MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY 
FROM WESTERN CUBA TO BELIZE THEN DISSIPATE SUN. WINDS INCREASE 
TO NEAR 20 KT W OF THE FRONT IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. OTHERWISE 
TRADES WILL REMAIN LIGHTER THE NORMAL.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.