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AGXX40 KNHC 070603
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED APR 7 2010

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

AN E TO W RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN 
THE E-SE RETURN FLOW ACROSS ALL BUT THE NE GULF TODAY THEN THE 
RIDGE WILL MOVE EASTWARD. THE E-SE 15-20 KT WINDS WILL DIMINISH 
SOMEWHAT JUST AHEAD STRONG LATE SEASON COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE 
TX COAST LATE TONIGHT. STRONG NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 30 KT W OF 
THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THU AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG 
BEND TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THU NIGHT AND FROM TAMPA
BAY TO W YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI THEN E OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. 

A 1023 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 30N69W WILL MOVE E TO 30N69W 
AND E OF THE AREA THU. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE AREA THU NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH 
WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY FRI AND EXTEND FROM 
31N74W TO 26N80W FRI EVENING AND FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN. NLY WIND WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE
TO 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA SUN
WITH ELY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 15N55W 14N58W 
WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. NE TO E TRADES WILL PREVAIL 
THROUGH SUN. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY 
FRI NIGHT. LOCALLY ENHANCED WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE ALONG THE 
COAST OF COLOMBIA. NE WINDS TO 20 KT ARE ALSO NOTED ACROSS THE 
WINDWARD AND MONA PASSAGES.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS