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AGXX40 KNHC 080550
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

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

HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL WEAKEN WITH RIDGE 
SHIFTING EWD AND SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF LATE FRI. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SAT
AND EXTENDS FROM MOBILE AL TO TAMPICO MEXICO SAT AFTERNOON THEN 
MOVES E OF THE AREA LATE SUN. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF
PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE SW GULF W OF THE FRONT SUN.
WINDS RAPIDLY DECREASE MON.

ATLC FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N74W TO W CUBA AND WINDS HAVE 
DECREASED TO BELOW GALE FORCE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 27N65W TO 
E CUBA FRI THEN DISSIPATE SAT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA 
SAT THEN MOVES E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE 
AREA EXTENDING FROM 31N72W TO S FLORIDA SUN THEN DISSIPATES FROM 
28N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS MON.

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 IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL 
SLOWLY DISSIPATE FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE 
YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN THEN DISSIPATE MON.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.