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AGXX40 KNHC 170738
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
240 AM EST WED FEB 17 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 DOMINATE GULF REGION THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD.  NLY 
WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS GULF WATERS TODAY VEERING NE THU AND E TO 
SE FRI.  SE RETURN FLOW W OF 95W STRENGTHENS LATE THU AND FRI AS 
SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOP OVER TEXAS COAST.  WINDS DIMINISH SAT AS 
HIGH PRES OVER ERN GULF SHIFT E AND REDUCES PRES GRADIENT.    

CARIBBEAN...
COLD FRONT IN NW CARIBBEAN FROM 20N74W TO 15N83W FOLLOWED BY 
FRESH NLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS.  FRONT REACH FROM HISPANIOLA 
TO 14N83W BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER TODAY.  HIGH PRES BUILDS 
ACROSS AREA W OF FRONT WITH INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS TODAY AND 
THU.  SWATH OF FRESH E WINDS S OF 14N EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 
STRONG THU.  PATTERN PERSIST THROUGH SAT MAINLY ALONG COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. 

SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W...
COLD FRONT FROM 31N62W TO 20N74W REACH FROM 24N65W TO NE 
HISPANIOLA EARLY TODAY THEN STALL OVER SE PORTION OF AREA TONIGHT
AND THU THEN MOVE E OF AREA THU NIGHT.  HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND 
FRONT THU THROUGH SUN.  REINFORCING FRONT INCREASES WINDS AND 
SEAS IN 48 HOURS WITH FRONT EXTENDING FROM 22N55W TO PUERTO RICO 
THU.  LARGE LONG PERIOD NW SWELLS REACHING 18 FT REMAIN MOSTLY N 
OF 24N. 

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.
 
CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES