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AGXX40 KNHC 120639
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

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

COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED THE GULF OF MEXICO...WITH NLY WINDS 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE WINDS AND SEAS ARE COMING DONE OVER 
THE WESTERN GULF...GENERALLY AROUND 10-15 KT. WINDS OF 20-25 KT
OVER THE FAR NE GULF EARLY TODAY WILL DECREASE TO 15-20 KT THIS 
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FROM W TO E AND WILL 
BE 10 KT OR LESS OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATER TONIGHT...THEN 
SHIFT TO THE SE W OF 95W. WEAK RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE 
GULF FRI AND MOVES E ON SAT. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER 
THE WESTERN GULF W OF AROUND 95W. SAT AND SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT 
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE 
MON.

A 1004 MB LOW PRES IN THE NE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE NEAR
27N66W. AN EARLIER QUIKSCAT PASS SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF 20-25 KT 
WINDS E AND SE OF THE THE LOW CENTER. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE OF 
THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL DECREASE. A COLD FRONT HAS
MOVED OFF THE SE U.S. COAST AND EXTENDS FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL
CUBA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N74W TO E CUBA FRI AND FROM 
31N70W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE 
SE PORTION OF THE AREA SUN. WINDS TO 25 KT CAN BE EXPECTED BOTH 
AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT N OF 27N THROUGH FRI. SEAS WILL 
BUILD TO 11 FT IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. LARGE SWELLS PERSIST 
THROUGH SAT THEN SLOW SUBSIDE SUN AND MON.

COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM
CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO EASTERN CUBA
TO COSTA RICA FRI WHERE IS STALLS AND BECOMES DIFFUSE. NLY WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN DECREASE FRI 
BECOMING 10-15 KT SAT. TRADES MOSTLY 10-15 KT EXCEPT FOR A SMALL 
AREA OF 20 KT WINDS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS