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AGXX40 KNHC 250647
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST MON JAN 25 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 FROM NW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. SLY WINDS
20-25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY...WITH NLY WINDS TO 30 KT
W OF THE FRONT. WINDS DECREASE RAPIDLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF
THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGH MOVES E TUE NIGHT AND
SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH THU.
THE NEXT STRONG FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST THU NIGHT AND
WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
FRI. GFS HINTS AT POSSIBLE GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE SW GULF W
OF THE FRONT FRI AFTERNOON.

STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE NW
PORTION OF THE ATLC WILL REMAIN AT GALE FORCE E OF THE FRONT
THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO
WESTERN CUBA THIS EVENING THEN WEAKEN FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL
CUBA EARLY TUE AND WEAKEN EVEN FURTHER FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL
CUBA WED THEN DISSIPATE THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT. THE HIGH MOVES EWD AND SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE
NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD
FRONT.

TRADES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE IN THE S CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN AND MAY APPROACH 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA
ON TUE AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRI. ELY WINDS 20-25 KT WILL COVER
NEARLY ALL OF THE CARIBBEAN S OF 17N E OF 80W TUE THROUGH FRI.
SLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN AHEAD OF 
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL LATER THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE
GULF OF HONDURAS TONIGHT AND STALL BEFORE DISSIPATING TUE NIGHT.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N E OF FRONT TODAY.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS