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AGXX40 KNHC 160541
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2009

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

HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL KEEP A STRONG PRES GRADIENT 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH MODERATE STRONG WINDS. 
THE GRADIENT WEAKENS OVER THE NW GULF LATER TONIGHT THEN ACROSS 
THE ENTIRE GULF SAT NIGHT. THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS 
COAST EARLY SUN AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO S TEXAS SUN 
EVENING THEN E OF THE AREA MON AFTERNOON.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N 68W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL WEAKEN FROM 
28N65W TO E CUBA THIS EVENING THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY AND 
WEAKEN SAT AND SUN. NEXT FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SUN 
NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO 27N80W EARLY MON AND FROM 
31N65W TO E CUBA TUE. STRONG WINDS INCREASE AHEAD AND BEHIND THE 
FRONT MON AND TUE.

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO GULF 
OF HONDURAS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN. STRONG NE WINDS NW 
OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE SUN AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. STRONG 
TRADES IN THE SW CARIBBEAN WILL DECREASE SAT NIGHT AND WILL 
REMAIN BELOW 20 KT THROUGH TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO 
THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE MON AND TUE SHIFTING THE WINDS TO THE NW.

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.