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AGXX40 KNHC 110656
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009

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

COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. 
THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND 
E OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. NLY WINDS 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT 
WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. THE WINDS DECREASE FROM W TO E WITH 
20 KT WINDS CONFINED TO THE EASTERN GULF THU AND BELOW 20 KT 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF N FRI. THE SWELLS ALSO SLOWLY SUBSIDE 
FROM W TO E. WEAK RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRI AND 
MOVES E...WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 KT OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF W OF AROUND 95W.

A 1007 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED NEAR 26N66W AT 0600 UTC.
THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE N TO NEAR 30N66W TONIGHT AND  
DISSIPATE THU. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW AND HIGHER 
PRES TO THE N WILL PRODUCE 20 TO 25 KT WINDS N OF THE LOW BUT 
THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE 
GRADIENT WEAKENS. THE REMNANTS OF IDA WILL PUSH OFF THE GEORGIA 
COAST WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING BEHIND. WINDS WILL INCREASE 
BOTH AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE WATERS N OF THE 
BAHAMAS THU THROUGH SAT. WINDS DIMINISH THROUGH SUN AS THE LOW 
LIFTS FURTHER TO THE N...WITH A WEAKENING FRONT FROM NEAR 
BERMUDA TO HISPANIOLA.

GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADES PERSIST ACROSS THE  CARIBBEAN 
DUE TO WEAK HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO 
THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN LATER THIS MORNING WITH NLY WINDS 
INCREASING TO 20 KT DOWN THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 
TOWARD BELIZE AND THE HONDURAN COAST. ALTHOUGH THE BOUNDARY WILL 
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES S NLY WINDS TO 20 KT WILL MAKE IT DOWN THE 
NICARAGUAN COAST TO COSTA RICA BY LATE THU. LARGE NLY SWELLS 
WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WED AND THU MOVING THROUGH THE YUCATAN 
CHANNEL TOWARD EASTERN HONDURAS. OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN 
EXPECT LARGE SWELLS UP TO 7 FT TO MOVE THROUGH THE MONA AND 
ANEGADA PASSAGES AND TO THE E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES INTO 
THU. 

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS