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AGXX40 KNHC 110601
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SUN APR 11 2010

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

SURFACE TROUGH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM 28N85W TO THE 
WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL MOVE W AND WEAKEN. 
ELY WINDS TO 20 KT WILL BE E OF THE TROUGH AXIS. HIGH PRES 
BUILDS N OF THE AREA MON WITH E WINDS 15-20 KT N OF AROUND
25N. AS THE HIGH CONTINUES TO BUILD THE 20 KT WINDS SPREAD
S TO 22N....AND INCREASE TO 25 KT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. 

WEAK COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N65W TO 28N72W. 
THE  FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE E OF THE AREA 
TONIGHT. HIGH PRES OVER U.S. MID-ATLANTIC STATES BUILDS DOWN 
BEHIND FRONT WITH EASTERLY FLOW SETTING UP THROUGH MON.  HIGH 
PRES STRENGTHENS LATE MON RESULTING IN STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TUE 
THROUGH WED.

LOW PRES OVER COLOMBIA WITH BUILDING ATLC RIDGE MAINTAINS TIGHT 
PRES GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST 
WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS BY 
MON AFTERNOON AND WINDS DECREASE TO 15-20 KT...AND DOWN TO 15 KT 
TUE THROUGH THU.

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