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AGXX40 KNHC 231846
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT FRI OCT 23 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 21N97W. 
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA SAT THEN E OF THE AREA SUN. SLY WINDS 20 KT WILL 
DECREASE TO 10-15 KT THIS EVENING. 20 KT NLY WINDS BEHIND THE 
FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SAT THEN DECREASE LATE SAT. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE WITHIN 60 NM E OF THE FRONT. 
HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS W OF THE FRONT. AS THE HIGH MOVES EWD SLY 
RETURN FLOW INCREASES TO 20 KT OVER THE FAR NW GULF ON WED.

A 1009 MB LOW PRES IS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS NEAR 
23N76W. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW TO NEAR 25N79W SAT THEN 
INLAND SUN. HIGH PRES TO THE N COMBINED WITH THE LOW WILL 
PRODUCE ELY WINDS TO 20 KT WITH SEAS TO 8 FT FROM 25N-28N 
BETWEEN 68W AND 77W. THE WINDS BECOME SE TO S SAT NIGHT AS THE 
HIGH MOVES TO THE E. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE 
SAT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N78W TO 27N80W SUN AND STALLS. THE FRONT 
THEN MOVES TO 31N76W TO 27N80W TUE AND DISSIPATES WED. SLY WINDS 
BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT N OF 29N E OF THE FRONT TUE. OTHERWISE 
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS MON THROUGH WED.

A BROAD 1007 MB LOW IN THE SW CARIBBEAN ALONG THE COAST OF 
NICARAGUA NEAR 13N83W. THE LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY 
THEN DISSIPATE SUN. SINCE THE LOW IS SO WEAK WINDS NEAR IT ARE
LIGHT. TRADES IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE S OF 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 74W
WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN S OF 18N E OF 75W EARLY NEXT 
WEEK AS THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES EWD. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE 
YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN THEN BECOME STATIONARY. THE FRONT WILL 
DISSIPATE LATE MON. THE FRONT IS WEAK AND DO NOT EXPECT ANY 
STRONG WINDS WITH IT.
 
WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS