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AGXX40 KNHC 020541
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT THU OCT 02 2008

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

A COLD FRONT EXTENDS THROUGH 31N80W ACROSS THE N CENTRAL FLORIDA 
PENINSULA TO NEAR 25N92W AND IS EASILY IDENTIFIABLE IN THE 
LATEST INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY AS A 60 NAUTICAL MILE WIDE 
BAND OF LOW/MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR N OF THE 
FRONT. EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS CONTINUES OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN... 
CUBA...AND IN THE ATLANTIC IN A 5 TO 6 DEGREE WIDE BAND CENTERED 
FROM 31N71W TO 23N77W AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STATIONARY FRONT 
EXTENDING THROUGH 31N70W TO A 1010 MB LOW OVER THE N BAHAMAS AND 
CONTINUING AS A TROUGH INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN. THE STATIONARY 
FRONT/TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES 
SE ALONG A LINE FROM 31N73W ACROSS S FLORIDA TO 23N95W THU 
NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN STAFF FROM 31N73W ACROSS THE STRAITS 
OF FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. CURRENTLY THE STRONGEST 
WINDS...20 TO 25 KT...ARE LOCATED E OF THE STATIONARY FRONT N OF 
27N. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SAT THROUGH MON W OF 
THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE E HALF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. A 
TROPICAL WAVE IS FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED ALONG 50W/51W AS DISPLAYED 
BY A QUIKSCAT PASS AT 2200 UTC.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.