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AGXX40 KNHC 261825
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT MON OCT 26 2009

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

COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING AND EXTEND 
FROM THE SW LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO LATER TONIGHT AND
FROM AND FROM THE SE LOUISIANA COAST TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE.
NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 30 KT BEHIND THE FRONT TUE AND RAPIDLY
DECREASE TUE NIGHT. DISSIPATING COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 25N90W WED WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE 
ENTIRE AREA. THE PERSISTENT RIDGE OVER THE ATLC EXPANDS BACK 
INTO THE E GULF OF MEXICO. SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF WED AFTERNOON THROUGH THU AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD 
FRONT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THU 
NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUSIANA TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 
22N98W FRI. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20-25 KT FRI. THE 
FRONT RAPIDLY WEAKENS SAT AND EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHNDLE TO 23N97W SAT AFTERNOON.

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE FAR WRN ATLC ALONG THE COAST OF 
FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE NW AND INLAND AS A WARM 
FRONT LATER TODAY AS A HIGH PRES RIDGE STRENGTHENS ALONG 30/31N. 
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE N OF THE AREA THU. OTHERWISE
HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE 
AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. ELY WINDS 15 TO OCASSIONALLY 
20 KT WINDS S OF AROUND 25N THEN DECREASE AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS. 
SLY WINDS 15-20 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT TUE NIGHT AND EARLY WED 
THEN DIMINISH WED AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE 
AREA.

TRADES IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN S 
OF 17N BETWEEN 67W AND 76W WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN 
ATLC HIGH PRES TO THE N AND LOW PRES OVER NRN S AMERICA. THIS IS 
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TUE NIGHT THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 
WED THEN LESS THAN 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN THU THROUGH 
SAT. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE ATLC WILL APPROACH 55W TONIGHT. THE 
WAVE SHOULD WEAKEN ON TUE AS IT APPROACHES THE LEEWARD ISLANDS 
AS IT ENCOUNTERS WLY SHEAR.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS