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AGXX40 KNHC 161839
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EST TUE MAR 16 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
RIDGE EXTENDING E ACROSS NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT DRIFT E OVER 
FLORIDA THROUGH FRI.  ELY WINDS OVER SW GULF BECOME NLY TONIGHT 
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THU WITH ITS STRONG WINDS BECOMING LIGHT 
TONIGHT.  AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS TO EASTERN GULF FRI...SLY RETURN 
FLOW SETS UP W OF 95W...SPREADING E AND COVERING ALL WATERS FRI 
NIGHT.  NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED OFF TEXAS COAST LATE SAT AND 
REACH FROM TAMPA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA SUN.  STRONG TO NEAR 
GALE WINDS COVER ENTIRE GULF BEHIND FRONT. 

TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA...
NE TRADES FLOW DOMINATES CARIBBEAN W OF 75W.  NORTHERN EXTENSION 
OF FRONT MOVE E EXTENDING FROM 20N65W TO HISPANIOLA.  FRONT 
SHOULD MOVE OVER ATLC WATERS NE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY AND E OF 
LEEWARDS WED AND THU BUT CONTINUE TO TRAIL REMNANTS W TO 
HISPANIOLA.  ELY TRADES CONTINUE OVER E CARIBBEAN WHILE NLY FLOW 
DOMINATE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI THEN SLY RETURN FLOW BEGINS 
OVER NW CARIBBEAN SAT. 

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...  
HIGH PRES BRING STRONG NW WINDS TO NE CORNER OF AREA BUT MOVE 
AWAY BY LATE TONIGHT.  HEALTHY LOW PRES DEVELOPS NEAR 27N77W 
TONIGHT AND MOVES QUICKLY NE OUT OF AREA DRAGGING COLD FRONT 
ALONG BASIN FRI.  NEW RIDGE BUILDS OVER SW N ATLC WATERS ALONG 
65W SAT WITH SE RETURN FLOW BECOMING STRONG SUN IN ADVANCE OF 
NEW COLD FRONT CROSSING FLORIDA LATE SUN. 

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