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AGXX40 KNHC 300649
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 AM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
THE COLD FRONT HAS EXITED THE GULF OF MEXICO MON. HIGH PRESSURE 
IS BUILDING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. AS A RESULT...WINDS HAVE 
DIMINISHED ACROSS THE GULF...15 TO 20 KT ACROSS THE E GULF...AND 
5 TO 10 KT OVER THE WEST GULF AS PER LATEST ASCAT PASS. 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. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE SAT NIGHT BEFORE 
STALLING. 

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...
A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL CUBA. GALE 
CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING THE WATERS N OF 29N WITHIN 150 NM E OF 
THE FRONT...AS INDICATED BY THE LATEST ASCAT PASS. GALE 
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST E OF THE FRONT THROUGH TODAY 
BEFORE MOVING N OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 
BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TONIGHT...FROM 31N58W TO 
HISPANIOLA WED NIGHT...THEN MOVE S OF AREA 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 EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO E HONDURAS. THE LATEST 
ASCAT PASS INDICATES NW TO N WINDS OF 20 KT IN THE WAKE OF THE 
FRONT...WITH BUOY 42056 INDICATING 6 FT SEAS. THE FRONT WILL 
REACH FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO SW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT 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 THOUGH SAT. FRESH TO STRONG TRADE 
WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE E AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...AND IS 
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 67W.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER AL