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AGXX40 KNHC 301825
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT THU OCT 30 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HEALTHY SURFACE HIGH OVER SE STATES DRIFT E OVER MID ATLC 
SEABOARD TONIGHT MAINTAINING MODERATE TO STRONG E-NE WINDS 
ACROSS ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO.  MERGING OF HIGH PRES CENTERS OVER 
CAROLINAS STRENGTHENS WINDS SAT DIMINISHING LATE SUN THROUGH TUE 
AS RIDGE PULLS FURTHER E.

CARIBBEAN AND TROP ATLC WATERS W OF 55W...
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM NW HAITI TO NE NICARAGUA BECOMES 
DIFFUSE LATE SAT.  ASCAT AND QSCAT WINDS SUPPORT STRONG NE FLOW 
W OF FRONT FORECAST TO DIMINISHING AFTER SUN AS ATLC RIDGE MOVES 
E AND EASES PRES GRADIENT.  STRONG WIND ELSEWHERE OVER CARIBBEAN 
ALSO DIMINISHING BY LATE FRI.  WEAK TROPICAL WAVE CARRIES WEAK 
WIND SURGE WHICH FOLLOWS AXIS THROUGH ITS EXIT FROM BASIN.   
MODERATE SWELLS SNEAK THROUGH ATLC PASSAGES WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD CONSIDERING LONG FETCH OF EASTERLIES 
ACROSS ENTIRE ATLC.  WINDS DIMINISH MON AND TUE...ALTHOUGH 
SUBSIDING MODERATE SWELLS MIGHT STILL CONSIDERABLE. 

SW N ATLC...
STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N57W TO 25N65W TO 20N73W. NEW COLD FRONT 
FROM 31N72W TO 29N75W SHOULD MERGE WITH STATIONARY BOUNDARY AND 
BECOME DIFFUSE LATE FRI AND SAT.  SURGE OF COLD AIR OUT OF 
CAROLINA COAST REINFORCE WINDS ACROSS SW N ATLC WITH 12-13 FT 
SEAS IN N SWELLS REACHING S TO 20N.  UPPER PATTERN GOES ZONAL 
AFTER PRESENT TROUGH MOVES E WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE TOO FAR N TO 
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.  MAIN IMPACT WILL BE WEAKENING E-NE 
WINDS THROUGH LATE FORECAST PERIOD.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.