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AGXX40 KNHC 101842
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010

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

COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SE OF THE GULF F MEXICO HOWEVER STRONG NLY 
WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE 
SOME TONIGHT. THE RIDGE CURRENTLY ACROSS THE GULF WILL MOVE E 
AND A TROUGH WILL FORM OVER THE WESTERN GULF WITH AXIS ALONG THE 
TEXAS COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO. LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE SE TEXAS 
COAST THU NIGHT. THE LOW MOVES E ACROSS CENTRAL FL FRI THEN ACROSS S 
FLORIDA SAT.  REGARDLESS OF STRENGTH AND POSITION OF LOW AND ITS 
ACTUAL TRACK IT WILL TRAIL A COLD FRONT TO ITS S. SLY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 25 KT AHEAD OF LOW AND ITS TRAILING FRONT AND NLY WINDS IN ITS 
WAKE WILL INCREASE TO 30 KT....WITH SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTING MINIMAL 
GALE. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE QUICKLY FROM W TO E. HIGH PRES BUILD 
BEHIND THE FRONT AND MOVE E AS ANOTHER FRONT ENTERS NW GULF SUN AND 
MOVES RAPIDLY INTO THE EASTERN GULF EARLY MON AND E OF THE AREA MON 
NIGHT.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N69W TO CENTRAL CUBA. WINDS HAVE 
INCREASED TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N EITHER SIDE OF FRONT SPREADING S TO 
ALONG 28N THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E AND EXTEND 
FROM 27N65W TO HISPANIOLA TONIGHT AND FROM 22N65W TO HISPANIOLA THU 
AND E OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE 
NE PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THU THEN BELOW GALE FORCE THU NIGHT. 
NLY WINDS IN WAKE OF FRONT WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH OVER THE NW PORTION 
OF THE AREA FRI THEN RAPIDLY INCREASE AGAIN FRI NIGHT AS GULF OF 
MEXICO LOW PRES MOVES E ACROSS FL AND MOVES RAPIDLY NE PASSING TO 
THE S OF BERMUDA SAT NIGHT. WINDS COULD INCREASE TO GALE FORCE NEAR 
THE LOW FRI NIGHT AND SAT. THE LOW MOVES E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. 
WINDS DECREASE SUN HOWEVER LARGE SWELLS LINGER. ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
MOVES INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA MON.

COLD FRONT IS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL CUBA 
TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE TO EASTERN GULF OF HONDURAS TONIGHT AND THU THEN 
DISSIPATE THU NIGHT. NLY WINDS TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT WILL 
DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT THU NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL 
CUBA TO HONDURAS SAT AND DISSIPATE FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO 
NICARAGUA SUN. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W THE FRONT THEN 
DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT SUN AFTERNOON.
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N EITHER SIDE OF FRONT.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

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

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FORECASTER DGS