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AGXX40 KNHC 130604
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT TUE OCT 13 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 ALONG THE COAST FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS 
MORNING. HIGH PRES RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT.
THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT S TO ALONG 27N WED AND ALONG 25N FRI. SLY 
RETURN FLOW APPEARS TO REMAIN AT 10 TO 15 KT THROUGH THU NIGHT. 
THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF LATE THU NIGHT THEN
EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI 
AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVES SE OF THE AREA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 25 KT FRI AND EARLY SAT.

HIGH PRES RIDGE IN THE ATLC ALONG 29N/30N. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE S 
AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT BRUSHES THE N PORTION OF THE AREA LATER 
TODAY. THE FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE 
LATE TUE AND TUE NIGHT. A WEAK PRES PATTERN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE 
AREA WED...THEN SW WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR NW WED NIGHT 
AHEAD OF THEN NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AS THE GRADIENT 
TIGHTENS THE STRONG WINDS SPREAD EWD. THE COLD FRONT MOVES 
OFFSHORE SAT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO WESTERN CUBA LATE SAT. 
STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD AND NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT.

THE CARIBBEAN IS RELATIVELY QUIET...WITH 15-20 KT WINDS CONFINED 
TO THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
THE WINDS THEN DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT THU THROUGH SAT...
HOWEVER ELY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN E OF 65W
LATE FRI THEN SPREAD W TO AROUND 70W SAT.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS