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AGXX40 KNHC 280644
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY TODAY AND SHIFT 
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...EXITING THESE WATERS MONDAY. 
STRONG WINDS IN A NORTHERLY SURGE WILL PREVAIL SUN OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL DIMINISH ON MON. HIGH 
PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT MON AND WILL PREVAIL THE 
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOUTHEASTERLY RETURN FLOW WILL 
INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED NIGHT INTO THU. 

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...
ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N58W TO THE 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA THROUGH MON. 
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA ON MON 
WITH GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 29N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT. 
THE GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY LAST A BRIEF TIME AS 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW GALE FORCE LATE MON. THE FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON NIGHT...31N66W TO 
EASTERN CUBA TUE NIGHT...31N60W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WED 
NIGHT...AND 27N55W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE THU NIGHT. HIGH 
PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT.  

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
BASED ON THE LATEST ASCAT AND WINDSAT PASSES...FRESH TO STRONG 
TRADES PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WITH MODERATE TRADES 
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BASIN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO 
THE NW PART OF THE BASIN MON. THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 
CENTRAL CUBA TO WESTERN HONDURAS MON NIGHT...FROM EASTERN 
CUBA TO PANAMA TUE NIGHT...AND WILL STALL FROM THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE TO PANAMA WED WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH THU. 

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING MON N OF 29N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT.
 
CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER AL