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AGXX40 KNHC 161858
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO WARM FRONT FROM NW FLORIDA TO 1009 MB LOW 
PRES NEAR 28N88W. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE N OF THE
WARM FRONT BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES
INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WILL CONTINUE TO HEADLINE GALE
WARNING IN THE MIDDLE GULF FOR GALE CONDITIONS EARLY. THE COLD 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL EARLY SUN AND E OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT. WINDS RAPIDLY
DECREASE FROM W TO E WITH WINDS BELOW 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA SUN NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGH 
MOVES TO THE E AND SLY WINDS PICK UP TO 20 KT OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF ON WED. THE NEXT...WEAK...COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXES 
COAST THU. 

ATLC RIDGE IS ALONG 30N WILL MOVE E AS THE FRONT IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO MOVES E. SLY WINDS INCREASE TONIGHT AND TO GALE FORCE FOR 
A BRIEF TIME STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND BELOW GALE FORCE BY SUN
EVENING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY SUN
AND EXTEND FROM 31N69N TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA MON AND WEAKEN 
FROM 23N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TUE AND DISSIPATE WED. STRONG 
WINDS BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DECREASE LATE MON.
WEAK HIGH PRES MOVES IN BEHIND OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS BECOMING
LIGHT.

GALE WARING WILL CONTINUE IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM 10N-16N BETWEEN 
74W-77W THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE SUN. 
OTHERWISE BRISK TRADES CONTINUE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
THROUGH THU. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL
EARLY SUN AND EXTEND FROM W CUBA TO BELIZE LATE SUN AND STALL
THE DISSIPATE TUE.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.GALE WARNING N OF 29N E OF FRONT OVERNIGHT SAT NIGHT...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
.GALE WARNING FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W...AMZ084W AND 
AMZ086.  

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GALE WARNING N OF 27N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS