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AGXX40 KNHC 161805
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HEALTHY COLD FRONT EXTEND FROM N FLORIDA TO TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER  
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON MAKING ITS WAY SE WILL REACH FROM SW 
FLORIDA TO JUST NW YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT AND SE OF AREA 
BY SAT.  STRONG TO NEAR GALE BREEZE EXPECTED N OF FRONT WITH 
SEAS BUILDING TO 14 FT.  HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS IMMEDIATELY 
BEHIND FRONT OVER GULF COAST STATES WITH MODERATE NE TO E BREEZE 
THROUGH WED...EXCEPT S RETURN FLOW ESTABLISHING TUE AND WED W OF 
95W.    

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC W OF 55W...
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 73W MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI AND 
THROUGH W CARIBBEAN SAT AND SUN.  COLD FRONT CROSSES YUCATAN 
PENINSULA INTO CARIBBEAN SEA SAT AND EXTEND FROM W CENTRAL CUBA 
TO BELIZE LATE SUN AND FROM E CENTRAL CUBA TO W GULF OF HONDURAS 
LATE MON BEFORE BECOMING DIFFUSE MON AND DISSIPATE TUE.  STRONG 
N BREEZE W OF FRONT WITH BUILDING SEAS TO 9 FT ASSOCIATED WITH 
FRONTAL PASSAGE.  E TRADE WINDS REMAIN BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN 
AS HIGH PRES IS KEPT WELL E OF AREA OVER CENTRAL ATLC BY COLD 
FRONT. 

SW N ATLC S OF 31N AND W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT ENTER SW N ATLC LATE THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDS FROM 
31N73W TO SE FLORIDA LATE SAT AND FROM 31N69W TO NE CUBA SUN. 
FRONT STALLS FROM 31N65W TO E-CENTRAL CUBA LATE MON THEN BECOME 
DIFFUSE FROM 29N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA WED.  STRONG SW BREEZE 
AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT NW BEHIND BOUNDARY WITH SEAS 
BUILDING TO 12 FT.  HIGH PRES RIDGE CENTERED JUST NW OF AREA 
WILL KEEP STEADY FRESH NE BREEZE THROUGH WED.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES