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AGXX40 KNHC 281815
MIMATS

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

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF REGION IN THE WAKE OF A 
COLD FRONT CURRENTLY DISSIPATING OVER THE SE PORTION. N WINDS OF 
20 KT WERE SEEN THIS MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT E OF 85W. AS HIGH 
PRES MOVES TOWARD THE SW ATLC TONIGHT INTO THU MORNING...WINDS 
WILL VEER TO THE NE AND E THEN SE BY THU. STRONG SOUTHERLY 
RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE AREA FRI AND SAT AS THE PRES 
GRADIENT STRENGTHENS BETWEEN THE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SW ATLC 
AND TROUGH OVER TEXAS AND NE MEXICO. EXPECT SE TO S WINDS IN THE 
20 TO 25 KT RANGE AND BUILDING SEAS TO AROUND 13 FT PARTICULARLY 
ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE GULF. WINDS WILL DIMINISH W OF 95W 
BY SUN AS PRES GRADIENT RELAXES. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO 
REACH THE COAST OF TEXAS LATE SAT AND SUN BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO 
MAKE MUCH PROGRESS INTO THE GULF.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 55W...
A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL 
CUBA WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM 31N70W TO 24N81W 
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SE REACHING FROM 29N65W TO HISPANIOLA TONIGHT 
AND WILL BE OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA THU THEN 
DISSIPATE FRI. WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE ARE NOTED EITHER 
SIDE OF THE FRONT N OF 27N...WITH SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 
AROUND 13 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. THE MOST RECENT WINDSAT PASS 
SHOWS S TO SW WINDS AHEAD OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED FRONTS COVERING 
THE AREA N OF 28N TO 55W. THIS FRESH TO STRONG BREEZE WILL SHIFT 
E OF 55W BY THU. AT THE SAME TIME...WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL 
DIMINISH TO 20 KT. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PORTION 
OF THE ZONE THU MORNING REACHING NEAR 29N70W FRI AND CONTINUING 
TO MOVE E SAT AND SUN.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NEAR 19N87W  
WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A RECENT WINDSAT PASS REVEALS TRADE 
WINDS OF 20 KT ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN S OF 15N AND E OF 72W WITH 
A FEW WIND BARBS OF 25 KT JUST E OF THE ABC ISLANDS. TRADES WILL 
INCREASE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THU THROUGH SAT THEN 
DECREASE SOME ON SUN. FRESH TRADE WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 
THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC WILL DIMINISH BY THU. A DISSIPATING COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC FRI AS 
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THOSE WATERS.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER GR