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AGXX40 KNHC 291833
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 PM EDT MON MAR 29 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 IS OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE GULF FOLLOWED BY 
NW WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE AND BUILDING SEAS UP TO 9 FT. 
A RECENT HI RESOLUTION ASCAT PASS CONFIRMED THESE WIND SPEEDS. 
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 KT ACROSS THE AREA 
TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES DEVELOP OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE GULF. 
THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE N WATERS ALLOWING SLY 
RETURN FLOW TO SET UP...AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT 
EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI NIGHT. 

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND CURRENTLY 
EXTENDS FROM 31N79W TO SOUTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO THE FAR SE 
PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE AHEAD OF THE 
FRONT IN THE SLY FLOW PARTICULARLY N OF 28N AND W OF 76W. GALE 
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST E OF THE FRONT ON TUE. THE 
FROM WILL REACH A POSITION ROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT... 
FROM BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TUE NIGHT...THEN MOVE SE OF 
AREA EARLY THU NIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS 
THE WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED THE NW PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA 
EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CUBA TO BELIZE NEAR 18N88W. NLY WINDS OF 
20 KT AND BUILDING SEAS TO AROUND 7 FT CAN BE FOUND IN THE WAKE 
OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH A POSITION FROM E-CENTRAL 
CUBA TO NE HONDURAS TONIGHT THEN FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO SW 
CARIBBEAN BY TUE NIGHT WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY. THE 
FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE CARIBBEAN WATERS WED AND THU AND 
WEAKEN OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS N OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THU AND 
FRI. FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW ACROSS THE E 
AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. A COUPLE OF ASCAT PASSES AND SFC DATA 
CORROBORATED THESE WIND SPEEDS. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL 
PERSIST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 68W.
.AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 29N E OF FRONT TUE...

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER GR