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AGXX40 KNHC 060546
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST TUE JAN 06 2009

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

COLD FRONT IN THE NW GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA 
COAST TO A 1012 MB LOW PRES NEAR 27N95W TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO. 
THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY THE BECOMES 
REINFORCED TONIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM THE S FLORIDA YUCATAN 
PENINSULA LATE WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS 
ACROSS THE GULF THU AND FRI THE MOVES E AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. STRONG WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF THE 
FRONT LATER TODAY AND WED AND SHIFT TO THE NW 20-25 KT W OF THE 
FRONT...WITH DECREASING WINDS THU AND FRI.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 28N/29N WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE 
AREA. SLY WINDS PICK UP ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA 
TONIGHT AHEAD OF STRONG APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LATE WED AND THU N OF 29N. THE FRONT 
MOVES RAPIDLY TO 31N67W TO THE W CUBA THU AND EXTENDS FROM 
25N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI THEN DISSIPATES SAT.

TYPICAL TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH THE STRONGEST 
WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS 
OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL
LATE WED THEN WEAKENS ACROSS THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.