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AGXX40 KNHC 260706
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST TUE JAN 26 2010

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

A 1020 MB HIGH PRES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS CENTERED NEAR
26N92W WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONGER HIGH BUILDS
N OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT WHICH TIGHTENS THE GRADIENT AND ELY
WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE SE AND WESTERN GULF THROUGH THU.
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY FRI AND WILL 
EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO FRI AFTERNOON
AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SAT. GALE CONDITIONS 
ARE EXPECTED S OF 27N W OF THE FRONT ON FRI,

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL WEAKEN
FROM 30N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT AND FROM 26N65W TO E CUBA
WED THEN DISSIPATE W OF 65W WED NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE 
FORCE LATER THIS MORNING. 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 
WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SAT AFTERNOON.

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 
WED AND CONTINUE THROUGH SAT. COLD FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN
EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22N80W TO HONDURAS NEAR 16N84W.
THE FRONT WILL DRIFT SE TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE WED. NLY WINDS TO 
20 KT W OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES HIGH PRES BUILDS 
TO THE N OF THE AREA AND WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT THU AND FRI 
THEN DECREASE SAT AS THE HIGH TO THE N MOVES EWD.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N E OF FRONT THIS MORNING.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS