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AGXX40 KNHC 290831
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2009

GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS S FLORIDA INTO E GULF 
TO 84W.  SURFACE HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER SE GULF WITH RIDGE 
EXTENDING TO TEXAS COAST.  STATIONARY FRONT OVERTAKEN BY 
REINFORCING FRONT NOW MOVING ACROSS GULF COASTAL STATES.  MERGED 
BOUNDARY PUSH THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA WHERE IT STALLS AND 
BECOMES DIFFUSE THU.  REMNANT BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH FRI AS 
SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS FROM S FLORIDA TO TEXAS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES TEXAS COAST FRI AND SAT ENHANCING SOUTHERLY RETURN 
FLOW W OF 95W. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
FRESH TO STRONG TRADES PERSIST OVER CARIBBEAN FORCED BY STRONG 
CENTRAL ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE 1020 MB.  NEVERTHELESS RIDGE IS 
PUSHED E BY SERIES OF COLD FRONTS OFF SE CONUS COAST AND 
WEAKENED.  PRES GRADIENT SLACKENS AS RIDGE RIFTS E AND TRADES 
EASE DOWN A NOTCH THU THROUGH SAT.  ONLY MODERATE BREEZE REMAIN 
ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA DUE TO 1008 MB LOW PRES OVER COLOMBIA. 

SW ATLC WATERS S OF 31N W OF 55W...
STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N71W TO 27N80W MERGE WITH REINFORCING 
FRONT THAT PUSH THROUGH AREA REACHING FROM 31N70W TO E CENTRAL 
FLORIDA TONIGHT.  E OF FRONT N OF 28N SW WINDS BECOME MODERATE 
BREEZE OVER INTO EARLY WED.  FRONT STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE FROM 
31N67W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU.  HIGH PRES REBUILD N ACROSS 
27N FRI AND SAT ALLOWING FRESH TRADES OVER WATERS S OF 22N.

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES