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AGXX40 KNHC 280548
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED APR 28 2010

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

WEAK COLD FRONT BRUSHING THE FAR N PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL
MOVE RAPIDLY AND BE E OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. NLY WINDS 
20-25 KT OVER THE NE GULF WILL DECREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES E 
LATER THIS MORNING. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THIS FRONT TODAY 
MOVING INTO E GULF THU AND E OF FL FRI AND SAT. STRONG SOUTHERLY 
RETURN FLOW...IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE...WILL INCREASE ACROSS 
THE GULF FRI AND SAT AS THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN THE 
HIGH CENTERED OVER THE ATLC AND A TROUGH OVER TEXAS AND NE 
MEXICO. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COASTAL PLAINS BUT IS 
NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE MUCH PROGRESS INTO THE GULF.

DISSIPATING ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA. ANOTHER
FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATER 
THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM 32N71W TO W CUBA TODAY. SLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 20-25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF AROUND 27N. NW 
WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 30 KT W OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING THEN 
DECREASE FROM W TO E AS THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY TO THE E. THE 
FRONT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND 
DISSIPATE FRI. HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS AS IT MOVES E ACROSS THE 
ZONE N OF 29N THU THROUGH SUN.

DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM W CUBA 
TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TODAY. TRADES 
IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE OVER THE S CENTRAL AND SE CARIBBEAN WILL
INCREASE TO 20-25 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS HIGH PRES 
STRENGTHENS TO THE N OVER THE ATLC THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT THEN 
DECREASE SOME ON SUN AS THE HIGH MOVES E.

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