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AGXX40 KNHC 151825
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
210 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009

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

RIDGE OVER NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO SHIFT S TO ALONG 25N AS 
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NW GULF LATE TONIGHT EXTENDING FROM 
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NE COAST OF MEXICO LATE FRI AND SW FLORIDA 
TO NE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY SAT THEN MOVES SE OF AREA SAT NIGHT. 
STRONG TO NEAR GALE N BREEZE BEHIND COLD FRONT SAT INTO SUN 
BUILDS SEAS TO 12-14 FT.  WIND DIMINISH TO FRESH BREEZE AND SEAS 
SUBSIDE TO 5 FT MON. 

ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 27N55W TO 27N65W TO 31N73W WILL MOVE 
N AS WARM FRONT TONIGHT.  TIGHT GRADIENT AND STRONG BREEZE N OF 
FRONT MOVE N OF AREA LATE TONIGHT.  COLD FRONT MOVES OFF SE U.S. 
COAST AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT AND FROM 
31N71W TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN AND FROM 31N67W TO EASTERN CUBA MON. 
STRONG SW BREEZE N OF 28N E OF FRONT.  FRESH BREEZE IMMEDIATELY 
BEHIND FRONT INCREASE RAPIDLY TO STRONG BY LATE SAT. 

ATLC RIDGE RETREATS E FORCED BY APPROACHING COLD FRONT RELAXES 
GRADIENT ACROSS ENTIRE CARIBBEAN KEEPING LIGHT TRADES ACROSS 
BASIN.  COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY SUN THEN 
STALLS FROM E CUBA TO BELIZE MON BRINGING STRONG BREEZE W OF 
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES