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AGXX40 KNHC 120615
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM 1016 MB LOW PRES OVER NW FLORIDA 
NEAR 30N83W TO 28N85W THEN STATIONARY TO 28N97W. THE SEGMENT OF 
THE FRONT OVER E GULF WILL MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER SE AND BE E OF 
THE AREA BY LATER THIS MORNING. THE PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE N AS SLY FLOW SET UPS OVER GULF W OF 87W. NEXT FRONT WILL 
APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST MON EVENING AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA 
BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE...THEN WEAKEN OVER THE SE GULF
WED. SLY WIND BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20-25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT 
TUE THE DECREASE TUE EVENING.

ATLC COLD FRONT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA FROM 31N75W TO 
30N81W. W TO NW WINDS N OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE LATER TODAY. 
SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE N OF AROUND 29N/30N. THE FRONT 
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AND EXTEND FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA LATER TODAY WITH THE W PORTION OF THE FRONT STALLING AND 
DISSIPATING MON NIGHT. THE E PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE 
TO THE CENTRAL ATLC. WINDS BECOME SLY AGAIN OVER THE NW PORTION 
OF THE AREA MON. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE GA COAST LATE TUE 
WITH SW WINDS AHEAD OF FRONT AT 25-30 KT. FRONT REACHES FROM 
31N74W TO SE FLORIDA WED AND FROM 31N66W TO W CUBA THU.
  
SE WINDS 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 CURRENTLY 
AT 15-20 KT WILL DIMINISH LATER TODAY THROUGH TUE THEN 
INCREASING A LITTLE TUE NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THU.

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.