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AGXX40 KNHC 030610
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2009

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

WINDS ARE STARTING TO SHIFT TO THE SE ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN 
GULF OF MEXICO...WITH NLY WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
SEAS WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH TODAY. THE RIDGE 
MOVES EWD INTO THE SE U.S. WED AND SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 
KT W OF 94W. THE HIGH STRENGTHENS OVER THE ATLC OFF THE FLORIDA 
COAST SAT AND WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT ACROSS ALL BUT THE NE GULF 
AT THAT TIME.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N69W TO HAITI WILL MOVE TO 
27N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THIS EVENING AND FROM 23N65W TO 
MONA PASSAGE WED THEN E OF THE AREA THU. WINDS TEMPORARILY 
DECREASE TODAY THEN INCREASE FROM W TO E AS STRONG HIGH PRES 
BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS DECREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA AS THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. 
THE HIGH MOVES TO 28N74W SAT WITH LIGHT WINDS OVER THE ENTIRE 
ZONE.

WEAKENING COLD FRONT IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM HAITI TO EXTREME SE 
HONDURAS WITH N 20-25 KT WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. TRADES ARE 
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL E OF THE FRONT DUE TO THE WEAKENED PRES 
PATTERN. THE FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE FROM MONA PASSAGE TO SW 
CARIBBEAN WED. NE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AS HIGH PRES BUILDS 
OVER THE ATLC BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH FRI.


ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.