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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
302 AM EST MON JAN 12 2009

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

WEAK COLD FRONT STALL ACROSS FLORIDA TODAY WAITING FOR
A REINFORCING COLD FRONT ON ITS WAY ACROSS SE U.S.A.
A WELL ANCHORED RIDGE OVER SW NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN REFUSES
TO BUDGE BUT WILL GIVE WAY TUESDAY WHEN A SECOND COLD FRONT
MERGES WITH THE STALLED FRONT.  WARM GULFSTREAM WATERS SHOULD 
PRODUCE ENOUGH MIXING TO BRING GALE FORCE WINDS ALL THE WAY DOWN 
TO SURFACE N OF 29N E OF COLD FRONT. THE LATEST QUIKSCAT WINDS
SUPPORT GALE FORCE WINDS ONLY SOUTH OF 21N WEST OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. THE WINDS IN THE SW CORNER OF THE GLFMEX JUMP UP TO
25 TO 30 KT QUICKLY ON TUESDAY WITH THE SECOND COLD FRONT.
THE SECOND FRONT MERGES WITH THE STALLED FRONT AND MOVES OUT
OF GULF. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LESS THAN 20 KT ON
WEDNESDAY WITH LINGERING NE SWELL QUICKLY SUBSIDING
WEST OF 90W...AND BY THU EAST OF 90W.  

VERY STRONG EASTERLY TRADE WINDS ACROSS CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 
18N EAST OF 80W WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 14 FEET ALONG COAST OF 
COLOMBIA AS GRADIENT THERE TIGHTENS WITH 1008 MB LOW PRES
IN NORTHERN COLOMBIA.

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING S OF 21N W OF 93W...GMZ082.

FORECASTER MT. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.