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AGXX40 KNHC 170530
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST SAT JAN 17 2009

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

STRONGEST PRES GRADIENT IS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO 
WITH 20-25 KT WINDS S OF AROUND 25N...WITH LIGHTER WINDS ACROSS 
THE NORTHERN GULF. THE HIGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. MOVES EWD
TONIGHT AND WINDS BECOME SLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF. ANOTHER 
FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE NW GULF LATE SUN AND EXTENDS FROM 
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO TAMPICO MEXICO SUN NIGHT AND OVER THE FAR SE 
GULF MON AFTERNOON THEN E OF THE AREA MON NIGHT. HIGH PRES 
BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA WED.

ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 29N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA. THE FRONT 
WILL DRIFT TO 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN. A STRONG 
FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. SUN NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N75W
TO CENTRAL FLORIDA MON. SLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE 
N OF 28N MON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE
AND FROM 26N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WED.

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO
HONDURAS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN. STRONG NE WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT AND SEAS 9 TO 12 FT NW OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE SUN AS 
THE FRONT WEAKENS. TRADES HAVE WEAKENED AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 20 
KT THROUGH MID-WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
CARIBBEAN TUE AND EXTEND FROM E CUBA TO NICARAGUA WED.

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.