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AGXX40 KNHC 280621
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

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

SLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND 
BUOYS INDICATE THE SEAS ARE BUILDING 6-8 FT. COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATER TODAY WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING 
BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE OVER THE SE GULF 
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND CONTINUE OVER THE EXTREME S GULF 
INTO EARLY SUN. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATE SUN AND 
THE STRONG NLY WINDS WILL SLY DECREASE FROM W TO E WITH MOSTLY 
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TUE...THEN SLY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 20 KT ACROSS THE NW GULF WED.

WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE ATLC WILL MOVE E AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF 
THE SE U.S. COAST. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO W CUBA 
SUN EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N69W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE MON WITH 
STRONG WINDS ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA.
WINDS DECREASE ON TUE AS THE FRONT WEAKENS...HOWEVER LARGE SWELL 
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

TYPICAL TRADES OVER THE CARIBBEAN TODAY AND TONIGHT...WILL 
DECREASE SOME AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN SUN 
EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CUBA TO HONDURAS SUN EVENING AND FROM 
EASTERN CUBA TO NICARAGUA MON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N 
OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE TUE.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING S OF 26N W OF 95W.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.