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AGXX40 KNHC 120601
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS 
FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND LATER THIS 
MORNING. WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTHERN GULF 
AS THE FRONT MOVES N INLAND. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD BE 
STRONGER THEN PREVIOUS FRONTS WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATE THU OR 
EARLY FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT W OF THE FRONT FRI. THE 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 24N98W EARLY FRI 
AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI
AFTERNOON. 

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE WILL
MOVE N OR DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. SURFACE HIGH PRES SW
OF BERMUDA HAS RIDGE W ALONG 29N-30N. ELY WINDS S OF THE RIDGE 
WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT S OF 24N TODAY THROUGH TUE THEN 
DECREASE AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES S AS A FAST MOVING COLD
FRONT BRUSHES THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA. SW WINDS INCREASE
TO 20-25 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND FRI.

TYPICAL 20 KT TRADES OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WITH SEAS TO 8 
FT. THE WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 25 KT ALONG THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA TUE NIGHT INTO EARLY WED. THE ELY WINDS DECREASE TO 15 
KT WED NIGHT AND THU. OTHERWISE WINDS 15 KT OR LESS ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE WEEK.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS