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AGXX40 KNHC 010608
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 AM EDT WED APR 01 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
1ST FRONT CURRENTLY STALLING ALONG 30N90W TO 20N95W AS IT BUMPS 
UP AGAINST HI PRES BRIDGING WK WARM FRONT OVER E FL AND ACROSS 
GLFMEX FROM 28N83W TO 25N93W. N-NE WINDS N OF 25N W OF FRONT AT 
20-25 KT SEAS TO 8 FT WHILE SLY WINDS BETWEEN 90W-85W AT 20 KT 
BUT ONLY GENERATING 5 FT SEAS ATTM. EXPECT FRONTAL REMNANTS TO 
MOVE N TO ALONG 30N WED NIGHT WITH SLY FLOW THE ENTIRE GULF AT 
20 KT EXCEPT TO S-SW 25 KT OVER THE NW WATERS. 2ND CDFNT RACES 
OFF TX COAST THU MORNING AND EXTENDS FROM MS DELTA TO E BAY OF 
CAMPECHE SUNSET THU...FROM FL BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA 
SUNRISE FRI...THEN STALLS FROM SW FL TO E YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI 
NIGHT. SOME REMNANTS OF FRONT WILL MOVE N SAT-SAT NIGHT IN SE-S 
FLOW ALL GULF WATERS WITH 3RD FRONT SUNRISE SUN RACING E TO PSN 
FL BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA SUNRISE MON WITH NLY 20-30 KT W 
OF FRONT.

ATLC WATERS...
ATLC RIDGE BUILDING FROM BERMUDA TO FL STRAITS BRIDGING THROUGH 
SOME FRONTAL REMNANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LIFTING N ALONG THE E 
COAST OF FL FROM WEAK LOW PRES CENTER MOVING NE ALONG GA AND SC 
COASTS. THIS LOW PRES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT OFFSHORE NE FL 
TODAY BUT THE FRONT WILL IMMEDIATELY STALL. AS RIDGE BUILDS 
ACROSS ARE IT WILL PUSH THE FRONT BACK N OF AREA THU NIGHT WITH 
SLY FLOW INCREASING AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF NEXT CDFNT MOVING OVER 
NW WATERS FRI. THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL 
BAHAMAS LATE SAT WITH THE SEGMENT W OF 70W BECOMING STATIONARY 
SAT NIGHT AND LIFTING N SUN WITH THE NEXT FRONT OFF GA COAST 
SUNRISE MON.

CARIBBEAN...
SE WINDS OVER NW CARIBBEAN AT 20-25 KT SEAS TO 8 FT. REMAINDER 
OF CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC TRADES AT 15 KT WITH AREAS 20 KT 
PULSES S OF 15N WITH THE LOCALLY ENHANCED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG 
COLOMBIAN COAST. 

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.