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AGXX40 KNHC 270558
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT TUE APR 27 2010

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

SURFACE TROUGH IN THE NE GULF OF MEXICO CURRENTLY FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI...THEN A COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 26N90W THIS 
AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 
KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS 
BEHIND THE FRONT WED AND MOVES E THU AND FRI. SOUTHERLY RETURN 
FLOW WILL SET UP THU INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT FRI AND SAT WITH 
BUILDING SEAS TO AROUND 10 FT.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N79W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE
TO 31N70W TO W CUBA THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM 30N65W TO CENTRAL 
CUBA TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA WED THEN
OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND DISSIPATE ON FRI. HIGH 
PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE THE THU THROUGH FRI. LONG PERIOD 
NW SWELL ARE SPREADING ACROSS THE SW ATLC INCLUDING THE 
CARIBBEAN PASSAGES.

COLD FRONT ACROSS YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY.
MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL AND 
E CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED INCREASING TO STRONG THU AND FRI. 
STRONGER TRADES WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN LATE WED 
THROUGH FRI AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE ATLC  
E ON FRI. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 
THE TROPICAL N ATLC TONIGHT THROUGH 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 DGS