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AGXX40 KNHC 090753
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
355 AM EDT THU APR 09 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES CENTER OVER E GULF MOVE E ACROSS FL ALONG 27N TODAY 
THEN ACROSS SW N ATLC WITH RIDGE EXTENDING ALONG 26N.  S RETURN 
FLOW OVER W GULF EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND SPREAD E OVER 
ENTIRE GULF THU AHEAD OF COLD FRONT APPROACHING TEXAS SE COAST 
FRI NIGHT.  FRONT STALLS AND MOVE BACK W OF AREA SAT NIGHT AS 
LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS.  ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE E INTO 
NW GULF MON AND STALL FROM FL BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE MON 
NIGHT.

SW N ATLC...
STATIONARY FRONT FROM 25N65W TO NW HISPANIOLA DISSIPATE BY FRI.  
HIGH PRES BEHIND FRONT STRETCHES ALONG 27N.  SW FLOW NW OF RIDGE 
AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES NW WATERS SAT NIGHT.  RIDGE SHIFTS SE 
SAT NIGHT AND SUN ALLOWING FRONT TO REACH FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL 
BAHAMAS.  FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY AND DISSIPATES SUN NIGHT.  
FRESH WINDS BECOME SW AGAIN OVER NW PART LATE MON AS SECOND 
FRONT APPROACHES N FLORIDA COAST LATE TUE.         

CARIBBEAN...
FRONTAL TROUGH FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO S NICARAGUA DISSIPATE 
WITH N WINDS DIMINISHING TODAY.  TRADE WINDS INCREASE WITH 
LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED TILL FRI NIGHT AND SAT WHEN GRADIENT 
TIGHTENS AS LOW PRES 1010 MB OVER COLOMBIA INTENSIFIES AND 
STRENGTHENS WIND ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. 

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.