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AGXX40 KNHC 260601
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON APR 26 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NEAR APALACHEE BAY FLORIDA TO THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR 22N88W WITH A NEAR STATIONARY FRONT W OF 
THE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM W APALACHEE BAY FLORIDA TO 27N89W. A 
SQUALL LINE IS FROM THE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE FLORIDA 
PENINSULA INTO THE W ATLC AND CONTINUES TO REGENERATE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS FLORIDA. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE E 
OF THE AREA TONIGHT/TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR 
NE GULF TUE AND MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA WED. HIGH PRES BUILDS 
ACROSS THE NW GULF WED AND MOVES E THU.

ATLANTIC...
HIGH PRES E OF THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW 
PORTION OF THE AREA. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-30 KT AHEAD OF THE 
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N69W TO W CUBA TUE AND 
ACROSS THE FAR SE CORNER OF THE AREA BY THU. SLY WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A RE-ENFORCING FRONT WILL ENTER THE 
AREA TUE FROM 31N79W TO NE FLORIDA WEAKENING ON WED AND 
DISSIPATE BY THU. 

CARIBBEAN SEA...
TRADES 20-25 KT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH 
EARLY TUE THEN DECREASE AS THE ATLC HIGH PRES MOVES E IN 
RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA WILL ONCE AGAIN PICK UP TO AROUND 25 KT BY EARLY 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 WALLACE/SANDOVAL