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AGXX40 KNHC 060732
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES OVER SE STATES MAINTAIN FRESH NE-E BREEZE THROUGH MOST 
OF GULF E OF 95W...WHERE STRONG RETURN FLOW BREEZE SETS UP IN 
ADVANCE OF WEAK COLD FRONT OVER TEXAS.  WEAK LOW PRES 1012 MB 
DRAGS COLD FRONT INTO NW GULF MON BUT STALLS ALONG COASTAL 
WATERS MON NIGHT AND LIFTS BACK N AS WARM FRONT TUE AHEAD OF 
STRONGER DEVELOPING LOW PRES OVER SRN PLAINS.  LOW PRES FORCES 
STRONGER COLD FRONT INTO NW GULF WED.  FRONT EXTENDS FROM FL BIG 
BEND TO TAMPICO MEXICO THU.  LARGE HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF FRONT 
THU WITH STRONG BREEZE N OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO 26N77W BECOMES STATIONARY TO 
23N80W.  STRONG NW BREEZE W OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TILL 
WINDS VEER NE AND DIMINISH TO A FRESH BREEZE BY MON.  FRONT 
WEAKENS AND LIFTS N AS WARM FRONT TUE NIGHT AND WED WITH S TO 
SW WINDS INCREASING TO STRONG N OF 28N WED AND CONTINUING INTO 
EARLY THU.  SECOND COLD FRONT EMERGE OFF FLORIDA COAST THU AND 
EXTEND FROM 30N72W TO 26N80W LATE THU.   

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N80W TO 16N87W WEAKENS AND BECOMES 
DIFFUSE LATE TODAY.  ELSEWHERE...GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRES OVER 
PANAMA AND HIGH PRES OVER CENTRAL ATLC SUPPORTS FRESH TO STRONG 
BREEZE ACROSS REMAINDER CARIBBEAN WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER SPEEDS 
ALONG COLOMBIAN COAST.  GRADIENT RELAXES AS STATIONARY FRONT 
DISSIPATES DIMINISHING WINDS LATE IN FORECAST PERIOD TO A FRESH 
BREEZE.   

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES