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AGXX40 KNHC 240643
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SUN JAN 24 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 SW LOUISIANA TO NEAR
TAMPICO MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE 
YUCATAN CHANNEL MON AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA MON NIGHT. SLY 
WINDS 20-25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 
20-30 KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TODAY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE
FROM W TO E ON MON. WINDS BECOME LIGHT MON NIGHT AND TUE...THEN
SLY WINDS INCREASE OF THE WESTERN GULF WED AND THU IN ADVANCE
OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

DISSIPATING ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 22N65W TO THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TODAY. SLY WILL INCREASE OVER
THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GALE FORCE BY LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MON
E OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA MON AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE AND 
WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WED THEN DISSIPATE W OF 65W 
ON THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT.

ELY TRADES IN THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 15-20 KT WILL INCREASE
TO 20-25 KT LATE TONIGHT AND MAY APPROACH 30 KT NEAR THE COAST 
OF COLOMBIA TUE THROUGH THU...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. SLY
WINDS TO 20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT 
MOVING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH 
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE MON AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO 
THE GULF OF HONDURAS TUE AND DISSIPATE WED. LARGE NLY SWELLS
MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE MON NIGHT AND SPREAD SWD 
THROUGH WED...THEN SUBSIDE ON THU.

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

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS