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AGXX40 KNHC 091851
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EST TUE MAR 09 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 HAS MOVED OVER FLORIDA PROMPTING STRONG S-SE 
RETURN FLOW TO SPREAD E AS WEAK COLD FRONT ENTERS NW GULF EARLY 
THU.  LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS PREVAIL OVER EASTERN GULF 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND VEER S-SW LATE WED.  COLD FRONT STALLS 
FROM 29N90W TO 22N98W TILL REINFORCING FRONT CATCHES UP AND 
MERGE LATE THU PUSHING BOUNDARY SE OF BASIN BY LATE FRI NIGHT.  
HIGH PRES 1014 MB REBUILDS ACROSS GULF SAT AND SUN.

TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA...
FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS TROPICAL ATLC WATERS TO SOUTHERN 
LEEWARD ISLANDS THEN TO NE COLOMBIA. FRESH BREEZE PREVAIL ACROSS 
MUCH OF CARIBBEAN WATERS AS BROAD HIGH PRES 1020 MB DOMINATES SW 
N ATLC MAINTAINING FRESH EASTERLY TRADES ACROSS BASIN...HIGHER 
ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA...THROUGH THU.  COLD FRONT ENTERS NW 
CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NE HONDURAS 
LATE SAT.  STRONG S-SE WINDS E OF FRONT EXPECTED TO SHIFT NW W 
OF BOUNDARY THROUGH SUN. 

SW N ATLC...
HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS BASIN DRIFT E AS COLD FRONT ADVANCES 
ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO.  MEANWHILE LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZE NOTED 
THROUGHOUT AREA WITH SLIGHT SEAS CAPPED BY LINGERING MODERATE N 
SWELL S OF 24N.  AS HIGH PRES CENTER SHIFT E OF AREA THU...S-SE 
WINDS INCREASE W OF 75W AHEAD OF COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF 
COAST OF FLORIDA FRI WITH SW GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY N OF 27N E 
OF COLD FRONT FRI AND SAT.

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