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AGXX40 KNHC 050600
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST THU MAR 5 2009

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE COVERS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH MOSTLY LIGHT 
WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WITH BUOYS INDICATING SE WINDS 15 
TO 20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF...WITH SEAS UP TO 6 FT.
AS THE HIGH MOVES E INTO THE ATLC THE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AND 
ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT OVER THE SE GULF. E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF BY SAT AND 
SUN EXCEPT FOR THE NE GULF WHERE WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 15 KT.
BY MON THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NW GULF.

COLD FRONT HAS MOVED E OF THE ATLC ZONE AND HIGH PRES IS 
BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS 
ALL BUT THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA BY FRI AS THE HIGH TO THE N 
STRENGTHENS. HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 29N74W SUN AND MON WITH 
DECREASING WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR THE SE 
PORTION S OF AROUND 26N E OF 70W.

CARIBBEAN COLD FRONT FROM EASTERN PUERTO RICO TO WESTERN 
VENEZUELA WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY...WITH NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT 
W OF THE FRONT TO 83W. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE ATLC TONIGHT 
AND WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALL BUT THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA.
THE WINDS DECREASE SOME ON MON.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.