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AGXX40 KNHC 310644
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SUN JAN 31 2010

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

COLD FRONT IN THE SE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM SW FLORIDA
TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL...WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA LATER THIS 
MORNING. GALE WARNING OVER THE SW GULF IS FORECAST TO EXPIRE
AT 06Z SO WILL REMOVE GALE WORDING FROM THE FORECAST. A SURFACE 
TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE MIDDLE GULF MON THEN DRIFTS E TUE.
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
TROUGH EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WESTERN GULF AND A LOW PRES 
MAY THEN DEVELOP ALONG THE TROUGH THU WHICH WOULD DRAG A 
TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GULF AS THE LOW MOVES E ACROSS 
THE NORTHERN GULF.

COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE U.S. COAST INTO THE NW PORTION OF 
THE ATLC ZONE. GALE WARNING N OF 29N E OF THE FRONT WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY THE DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE BY THIS 
EVENING. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY AND EXTENDS FROM 30N65W TO E
CUBA THIS EVENING AND THEN E OF THE AREA LATE MON. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST TUE. LOW PRES MAY DEVELOP 
ALONG THE FRONT OFF THE NE COAST OF FLORIDA. THE LOW MOVES NE OF 
THE AREA WED WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO W CUBA.
THE FRONT DISSIPATES THU.

STRONG TRADES CONTINUE IN THE TYPICAL AREAS OF THE S CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN WITH WINDS UP TO 30 KT...AND SEAS TO 13 FT. GFS HINTS 
AT A BRIEF POSSIBILITY OF GALE FORCE WINDS TUE...HOWEVER IT IS 
VERY MARGINAL SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST WORDING. 
THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SOME BY THU. COLD FRONT FROM THE 
YUCATAN CHANNEL TO BELIZE WILL MOVE DISSIPATE LATER TODAY.

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