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AGXX40 KNHC 221833
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009

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

WEAKENING COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA 
BIG BENT TO 24N89W THEN STATIONARY TO 21N95W. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE E AND DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MON. WINDS WILL ALSO 
DECREASE WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT. NEXT COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE STRONG MIDDLE LATITUDE TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
TUE AND REACH FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE 
WED AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA THU AND THEN 
MOVE E OF THE ARA FRI. WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 KTS BEHIND THE 
FRONT AND UP TO 30 KT IN THE SW GULF WEST OF THIS FRONT. 

WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WED. 
RATHER LIGHT WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WED. SLY WINDS INCREASE 
OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THU. THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE LATE 
THU AND EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI. SLY WINDS 20-25
KT N OF 26N E OF FRONT FRI WITH NLY WINDS 20-25 KT AND SEAS TO 
10 FT W OF THE FRONT.

TRADES OF 20 KT OR MORE ARE CONFINED TO S OF 17N EAST OF 80W 
WITH WINDS UP TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH TUE. 
THE WINDS WILL THEN WEAKEN SOME WED WITH THE TRADES BELOW 20 KT 
ON THU AND FRI AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED FRONT WEAKENS THE RIDGE N 
OF THE AREA. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN THU 
NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS FRI. NLY WINDS
INCREASE TO 20-25 KT NW OF THE FRONT...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10 
FT.
 
WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS