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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
NE OF LINE FROM 21N87W TO 28N98W THE SE RETURN FLOW IS AT 20 TO 
25 KT WITH SEAS TO 9 FT...ELEVATED PLATFORMS REPORTING 30 KT. SW 
OF THE SAME LINE THE SE WINDS AT 10 TO 15 KT. EXPECT LITTLE 
CHANGE TILL COLD FRONT SLIPS OFF TX COAST AROUND SUNSET FRI WITH 
NW WINDS INCREASING RAPIDLY TO MINIMAL GALE AND PERSISTING ABOUT 
21 HOURS TILL LATE SAT AFTERNOON. WINDS E OF FRONT WILL INCREASE
TO 20 TO 25 KT BY SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND FURTHER INCREASE TO 
25 TO 30 KT OVER WATERS N OF 28N. THIS FRONT WILL CLEAR SE 
WATERS AROUND SUNSET SUN WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN SETTING UP OVER 
NW WATERS LATE SUN NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH MON WITH THE NEXT 
WEAK FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE AND STALLING OVER NW PORTION TUE 
NIGHT.     

ATLC WATERS...
HIGH PRES CENTER NEAR 31N70W ATTM WILL SHIFT E PASSING S OF 
BERMUDA SAT AND REACHING POSITION NEAR 29N58W LATE SUN. THE 
ASSOCIATED RIDGE TO NW BAHAMAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUN...THEN 
THE RIDGE SHIFTS E ALONG 27N AS A COLD FRONT THAT ENTERS GA 
COASTAL WATERS SUNRISE SUN REACHES NW BAHAMAS AROUND SUNSET SUN. 
THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE MON 
WITH THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF FRONT STALLING THEREAFTER ALONG 27N 
AS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF FRONT CONTINUES E PASSING E OF OF 
55W LATE TUE. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF FRONT WILL GRADUALLY 
INCREASE FROM 15 TO 20 KT THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 KT SAT NIGHT 
WITH A VERY SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF A MINIMAL GALE JUST AHEAD OF 
FRONT ALONG 31N LATE SUN. WEAK HIGH PRES EXPECTED IN WAKE OF 
FRONT WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING TO THE NW WATERS 
BEGINNING LATE TUE.

CARIBBEAN...
FRESH TRADES CONTINUE MOST OF CARIBBEAN EXCEPT OVER EXTREME SW 
WATERS ALONG NICARAGUA WHERE WINDS IN 10 TO 15 KT RANGE. LONG 
PERIOD N SWELL TO 10 FT IN EXPOSED NE ATLC PASSAGES ATTM...AND 
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 7 FT OR LESS SUN. SE WINDS OVER 
NW WATERS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 KT IN ADVANCE OF FRONT 
ARRIVING YUCATAN PASSAGE SUN AFTERNOON...THEN STALLING SUN NIGHT 
INTO MON OVER THE NW ZONE. NE TO E TRADES AT 10 TO 15 KT MON AND 
TUE.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GMZ080 AND GMZ082...GALE WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SAT.

FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.