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AGXX40 KNHC 150723
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST MON FEB 15 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES CENTER 1020 MB OVER NE GULF HAS RIDGE ACROSS REMAINDER 
OF BASIN PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZE AND SEAS BELOW 5 FT. 
WINDS QUICKLY VEER SE AND S AS COLD FRONT WHICH ENTERED NW GULF 
REGION EARLIER RACES SE WITH GALE FORCE WINDS W OF BOUNDARY AND 
SEAS TO 13 FT...MAINLY OVER BAY OF CAMPECHE.  HIGH PRES FORCED E 
INTO SW N ATLC TONIGHT AS FRONT EXITS E GULF TONIGHT.  HIGH PRES 
REBUILDS OVER WRN GULF THROUGH WED AND MOVES E OVER SRN 
LOUISIANA THU THEN MOVE OVER N FLORIDA FRI.

CARIBBEAN...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM HAITI TO ERN JAMAICA BECOMES STATIONARY 
ACROSS CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO 11N82W AND DISSIPATE TODAY.  SECOND 
COLD FRONT MOVE INTO NW CARIBBEAN TUE REACH FROM HISPANIOLA TO 
15N84W LATE WED AND FROM MONA PASSAGE TO 15N78W LATE THU.  FRESH 
TRADE WINDS DOMINATE ACROSS REMAINDER OF BASIN...BUT EXPECTED TO 
INCREASE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN LATE MON INTO TUE AS HIGH 
PRES BUILDS OVER SW N ATLC.  

SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W...
HIGH PRES RIDGE FORCED INTO SW N ATLC BY FAST MOVING COLD FRONT 
OVER GULF OF MEXICO EFFECTIVELY DIMINISHES WINDS BELOW 20 KT 
ACROSS ENTIRE BASIN...TILL STRONG SW FLOW AHEAD OF COLD FRONT 
SPREAD NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND SEAS TO 15 FT N OF 27N TODAY.  
NONE OF MODEL SOLUTIONS BRING WIND STRENGTH TO GALE FORCE. 
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.
 
CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ080...GALE WARNING.
.GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS W OF 94W. 

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES