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AGXX40 KNHC 141953
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
315 PM EDT TUE APR 14 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 30N84W TO 21N95W REACH FROM SW 
FLORIDA TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE TONIGHT AND ALONG 
YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE WED WHERE IT STALLS THEN DISSIPATE BY THU.  
HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER GULF STATES THROUGH SAT THEN DRIFT E SUN.
STRONG RETURN FLOW MAINLY W OF 90W FRI AND SAT. 

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 29N MOVE E AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES AREA.  S-SW 
WINDS INCREASE TO 30 KT AHEAD OF FRONT TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT 
EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO 27N80W LATE WED...FROM 30N65W TO E CUBA 
LATE THU...FROM 25N65W TO E HISPANIOLA LATE FRI THEN E OF AREA 
SAT.  STRONG SW WINDS SHIFT NW BEHIND COLD FRONT AND LARGE LONG 
PERIOD SWELLS ENCROACH INTO BASIN THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN UNDER 
SECOND RIDGE.

ATLC RIDGE MAINTAINS STEADY FRESH TRADES ACROSS CARIBBEAN WITH 
1008 MB LOW PRES INCREASING NE WINDS ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.  
TRADES SLACKEN SAT AND SUN AS FRONT FORCE ONE RIDGE E AND HIGH 
PRES BEHIND FRONT HAS NOT SET OVER SW N ATLC YET. 

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.