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AGXX40 KNHC 180548
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST SUN JAN 18 2009

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE E 
AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE TODAY AND EXTEND FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO THIS EVENING AND FROM 
SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA MON AND E OF THE AREA MON NIGHT.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA MON NIGHT 
AND EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA TUE AND E OF THE 
AREA TUE NIGHT. STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT COULD BE UP 
TO 30 KT ACROSS THE E HALF OF THE GULF MON NIGHT AND TUE THEN 
DECREASE WED AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE 
HIGH MOVES E THE AND SLY WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. 

ATLC TROUGH FROM 25N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL REMAIN NEARLY 
STATIONARY BEFORE DISSIPATING MON. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE 
U.S. COAST MON WITH WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASING TO GALE FORCE AHEAD 
OF THE FRONT MON. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY EWD AS A SECOND FRONT 
MOVES OFFSHORE. WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO GALE FORCE 
BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT...THEN DECREASE WED. THE 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 26N65W TO HAITI WED AND FROM 23N65W TO 
MONA PASSAGE THU. SEAS BUILD TO 10-15 FT W OF THE FRONT WED THEN 
SLOWLY SUBSIDE THU.

NE WIND 20 KT ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL DECREASE LATER TODAY.
OTHERWISE TRADES ARE IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE THROUGH THE FORECAST
PERIOD. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE MON
THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN TUE. ANOTHER COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA AND EXTEND FROM THE 
WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA WED AND BECOME DIFFUSE THU.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.