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AGXX40 KNHC 110604
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION        
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON MAY 11 2009
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

HIGH PRES OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN THROUGH 
WED. E TO SE WINDS 15-20 KT OVER THE SW GULF WILL DECREASE LATER
TODAY AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES IN RESPONSE TO THE RIDGE WEAKENING 
IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN 
INLAND THE NRN GULF COAST THEN BECOME DIFFUSE ON TUE NIGHT. SLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WRN GULF WED THEN 
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FAR NW GULF THU AND FRI. OTHERWISE 
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N/28N WILL MOVE E OF AREA WED AS A WEAK FRONT 
MOVES TO 31N71W TO NE FLORIDA TUE AFTERNOON AND FROM 29N65W TO 
SE GEORGIA WED THEN DISSIPATE THU. S TO SW WINDS WILL INCREASE 
15-20 KT N OF 30N E OF THE FRONT LATE TUE THEN SHIFT TO THE NE 
AT 15-20 KT W OF FRONT. ELY WINDS 15-20 KT WILL CONTINUE S OF 
22N WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ELSEWHERE.   

TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE AREA GENERALLY E 
OF 80W AND EXTEND INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE...WITH THE 
TYPICALLY STRONGER WINDS TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME WED THROUGH FRI AS THE ATLC RIDGE 
MOVES E. OTHERWISE ELY WINDS 10-15 KT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN.

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.