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AGXX40 KNHC 110630
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT SAT APR 11 2009

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

A WEAK COLD FRONT ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS COAST WILL 
EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO S TEXAS LATER TODAY. THE E 
PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA...WHILE THE W 
PORTION WILL MOVE N AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT. NE WINDS INCREASE 
TO 15-20 KT N OF THE FRONT TODAY...THEN SWITCH TO THE SE TONIGHT 
AS THE FRONT MOVES N. SECOND COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS 
COAST LATE MONDAY AND INTO THE MIDDLE GULF TUE AND EASTERN GULF 
WED.

ATLC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM  BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE RIDGE 
WILL MOVE E AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST. SW 
WINDS INCREASE BETWEEN THE FRONT AND THE RIDGE. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N69W TO 26N80W SUN THEN RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA MON.
RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT THEN MOVES E AS THE NEXT FRONT 
MOVES OFF THE U.S. COAST AND EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL 
FLORIDA WED. SW WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N OF 27N E OF THE 
FRONT.

SE FLOW AT 15-20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE WELL 
INTO NEXT WEEK WITH OCNL SURGES 20-25 KT SW GULF OF HONDURAS 
WITH THE SEAS REACHING MAX OF 8 FT. OTHERWISE NE-E TRADES 15-20 
KT INTO EARLY SUN. THE GRADIENT RELAXES IN THE DEEP TROPICS. 
EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE NEXT WEEK WITH MOSTLY NE-E 10-15 KT.

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.