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AGXX40 KNHC 191827
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT MON OCT 19 2009

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

STRONG HIGH PRES ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO IN THE WAKE OF THE 
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED S AND E OF THE AREA. STRONG NE WINDS 
AROUND 20-25 KT CONTINUE OVER THE SE HALF OF THE GULF. THE HIGH 
PRES WILL GRADUALLY MOVE E THROUGH THU WITH WINDS BECOMING SE 
OVER THE WESTERN GULF. ANOTHER  COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
GULF ON THU AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE NEAR TAMPICO 
MEXICO FRI MORNING AND FROM NW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 
SAT. SLY WIND INCREASE TO 20 KT N OF 25N AHEAD OF THE FRONT NLY 
WINDS 20-25 KT AND SEAS 8 TO 10 FT W OF THE FRONT.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO EASTERN CUBA WITH 20-25 
KT WINDS AND SEAS TO 12 FT W OF THE FRONT. THE NORTHERN 
PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD WHILE THE 
SOUTHERN PORTION WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE SE BAHAMAS AND 
EASTERN CUBA BECOMING DIFFUSE LATE TUE. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD 
BEHIND THE FRONT AND STRONG NE TO E WINDS N OF AROUND 25N 
THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE ON FRI. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH 
THE SE U.S. COAST SAT WITH SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT N OF 
27N W OF 73W BY SAT.

COLD FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM EASTERN CUBA TO HONDURAS.
THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE. A 
LARGE CLUSTER OF TSTMS IS ALONG AND E OF THE FRONT TO 78W.
A SFC TROUGH OR WEAK LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO PERSIST NEAR IN THE 
SW CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU. ELY TRADES 15-20 KT OVER THE SOUTH 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT BY TUE EVENING.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS