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AGXX40 KNHC 010642
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST MON FEB 01 2010

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

COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND 
WILL MOVE BACK N AS A TROUGH. LOW PRES MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE 
TROUGH AS IT MOVES OVER N FLORIDA. AS THE LOW MOVES NE A COLD 
FRONT WILL TRAIL THE LOW ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND E OF THE 
AREA LATE TUE. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WINDS 
INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF AS ANOTHER TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG 
THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER WED LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP 
ALONG THE TROUGH THEN MOVE NE WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT TRAILING 
THE LOW LATE THU AND FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE 
FRONT.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO WESTERN CUBA. THE FRONT 
WILL STALL AND WEAKEN LATER TODAY. LOW PRES DEVELOPS IN THE GULF 
OF MEXICO AND MOVES NE AND OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST EARLY TUE.
THE LOW WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA TUE EVENING WITH A COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FRONT MOVES 
RAPIDLY EWD EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO E CUBA WED THEN E OF THE 
AREA THU. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT N OF AROUND 27N AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT TUE AND WED. ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO AND MOVES ACROSS NE FLORIDA AND N OF THE AREA FRI. SLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 30 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI.

STRONG TRADES CONTINUE IN THE TYPICAL AREAS OF THE S CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN WITH WINDS UP TO 30 KT...AND SEAS TO 13 FT. THE WINDS 
AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SOME THU AND FRI AS THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES E.
STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TO BELIZE WILL 
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE

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

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FORECASTER DGS