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AGXX40 KNHC 220633
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO 28N90W THEN STATIONARY TO TAMPICO MEXICO WILL
DISSIPATE TONIGHT. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF 
TONIGHT INTO SAT IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST SAT AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN AFTERNOON AND SE OF THE
AREA LATE MON. WINDS INCREASE BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT 
AND DECREASE FROM W TO E.

SLY WINDS INCREASING OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE AHEAD 
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE SLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO 
INCREASE TO GALE FORCE TONIGHT N OF 27N E OF THE FRONT. THE 
FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY AND WILL BE E OF THE AREA BY SAT EVENING.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST
MON AND GALE FORCE WINDS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT BY MON AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO
E CUBA BY TUE.

WILL LET GALE CONDITIONS EXPIRE IN THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
ASCAT INDICATES WINDS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE. WINDS WILL REMAIN
20-25 KT IN THIS AREA THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE AS THE ATLC
HIGH WEAKENS AND MOVES E. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 KT NEAR
COAST OF COLOMBIA ONCE AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.GALE WARNING N OF 27N E OF FRONT TONIGHT...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS