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AGXX40 KNHC 180600
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SUN APR 18 2010

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

SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE SE GULF OF MEXICO FROM 27N84W TO WESTERN 
CUBA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH 
WILL MOVE E ALONG WITH THE TROUGH. A WEAK LOW MAY FORM ALONG THE 
TROUGH JUST W OF SW FLORIDA TONIGHT. SOME 15-20 KT WINDS NEAR 
THE TROUGH OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF. THE 
TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE NW 
CARIBBEAN MON. N WINDS 15-20 KT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SE GULF 
THROUGH MON NIGHT THEN DECREASE TUE AS THE TROUGH MOVES E...WITH 
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE REMAIDER OF THE GULF. A WEAK FRONT 
WILL BRUSH THE NORTHERN GULF MON...THEN HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS 
THE AREA TUE. LIGHT WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH WED 
THEN SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF THU.

HIGH PRES RIDGE IN THE ATLC ALONG 27N WITH 15-20 KT NE-E WINDS
OVER THE S PORTION OF THE AREA S OF 22N/23N. THE HIGH WILL MOVE 
E AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA 
THIS AFTERNOON. A TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE FLORIDA STRAITS TO 
THE BAHAMAS MON...A WEAK LOW MAY FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE 
INTO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS BY MON EVENING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE 
AND BE E OF THE AREA WED WITH TROUGH FROM 28N65W TO SOUTHERN
BAHAMAS EARLY WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. ANOTHER FRONT WILL
BRUSH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA LATE WED AND THU.

A SURFACE TROUGH IN THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL EXTEND FROM WESTERN
CUBA TO 18N84W TONIGHT AND CENTRAL CUBA TO 18N81W MON EVENING
AND FROM E CUBA TO 18N79W TUE THEN NE OF THE AREA WED. WINDS 
WILL SHIFT TO THE NW W OF THE TROUGH BUT WILL REMAIN LIGHT.
TRADES IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA TODAY 
AND TONIGHT WILL DECREASE TO 10-15 KT MON AS THE ATLC HIGH MOVES 
E....WITH WINDS BELOW 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA 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