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AGXX40 KNHC 160548
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT THU APR 16 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 STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 23N88W
WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. SURFACE HIGH PRES BUILD OVER 
SE U.S. COMBINED WITH LOWER PRES OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL 
INCREASE THE SLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF...WITH SE 
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF GULF. THIS 
WILL BUILD SEAS UP TO 9 FT ACROSS NW GULF FRI. NEXT COLD FRONT 
WILL OFF THE TEXAS COAST SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA COAST TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN AFTERNOON AND 
FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE MON. NLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 25 KT W OF THE FRONT MON.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO 25N80W. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE TO 28N65W TO E CUBA FRI THEN OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE 
AREA SAT AND E OF THE AREA SUN. LARGE SWELLS MOVE INTO THE FAR N
PORTION OF THE AREA STARTING ON FRI COVERING MOST OF THE AREA E 
OF THE BAHAMAS SAT THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUN. AND BELOW 8 FT MON. 
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND SUN THEN MOVES E MON AS 
NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER 
THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA MON AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

FRESH TRADES PERSIST ACROSS CARIBBEAN WITH WITH THE STRONGEST 
WINDS IN THE TYPICAL AREA ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SE WINDS 
TO 20 KT WILL CONTINUE IN THE NW CARIBBEAN S OF AROUND 18N W OF 
85W THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE MON.

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.