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AGXX40 KNHC 050655
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST FRI MAR 05 2010

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

HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH NLY WINDS 
10-15 KT ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND E TO SE WINDS OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF. THE HIGH MOVES EWD AND SE WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 
KT LATE SAT THROUGH TUE AS THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS 
COAST LATE TUE. THIS FRONT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG AS 
THE PREVIOUS FRONTS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE GULF.

COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE WILL MOVE SE 
OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. STRONG W-NW WINDS N OF 25N
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE SUN. NW-N SWELLS TO 11 FT 
THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE 7-9 FT MON AND 4-5 FT TUE. WINDS 
DECREASE TO 5-10 KT ON MON AND TUE.

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL AND SW CARIBBEAN EXTENDING 
FROM EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PANAMA. WINDS WILL REMAIN 
AROUND 20 KT IN MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN W OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND AS THE PRES GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT BETWEEN THE FRONT 
AND THE RIDGE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE NORTHERN PART TO THE 
FRONT WILL DRIFT E AND EXTEND FROM 22N60W THROUGH PUERTO RICO 
THEN STATIONARY TO COLOMBIA SAT AND FROM 22N57N TO LEEWARD 
ISLAND SUN THEN DISSIPATING FROM 22N55W TO LEEWARD ISLANDS MON 
AND BECOME DIFFUSE TUE. THEN NLY WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN 
CARIBBEAN DECREASE MON AND TUE.

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