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AGXX40 KNHC 130558
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST THU NOV 13 2008

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

RADIOFAX SCHEDULE FOR GRAPHICAL WIND WAVE...SURFACE FORECAST AND 
PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS HAS CHANGED. FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN THIS 
INCLUDES 24...36...48 AND 72 HOUR WIND WAVE..24...48..72 HOUR 
SURFACE FORECAST AND 48 AND 72 HOUR PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS. FOR 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE FAX SCHEDULE ON THE 
NHC WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/RADIOFAX.SHTML

TROUGH OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO FROM SW LOUISIANA TO 
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY 
UNTIL A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES S AND MERGES WITH THE TROUGH FRI 
NIGHT. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY AND EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO WRN 
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT THEN E OF THE AREA SUN HIGH. PRES 
BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA SUN AND MON. N WINDS INCREASE TO 20-30 KT 
AND SEAS TO 12 FT BEHIND THE FRONT SAT SPREADING E THROUGH SUN.  
WIND AND SEAS SUBSIDE MON.

ATLC UNDER BROAD SURFACE RIDGE WITH BRISK ELY MAINLY S OF 27N. 
THE WINDS BECOME SLY OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATER 
TODAY. THE RIDGE MOVES E SAT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE 
U.S. COAST THEN MOVES OFFSHORE LATE SAT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N71W 
TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN THEN WEAKENS FROM 29N65W TO E CUBA MON.  
STRONG SLY WIND AHEAD AND NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT INCREASE 
LATE SAT AND SUN THEN DECREASE MON.

WEAK PRES GRADIENT ACROSS CARIBBEAN WITH TRADES LIGHTER THAN 
NORMAL THROUGH FRI. THE ELY WINDS PICK UP ACROSS THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE MON. COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE SAT AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL 
CUBA TO HONDURAS SUN AND FROM E CUBA TO NICARAGUA MON. STRONG 
NLY WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.