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AGXX40 KNHC 290553
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT THU APR 29 2010

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

HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE E INTO THE 
ATLC OFF THE COAST OF N FLORIDA LATER TODAY. STRONG SLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF AS THE PRES GRADIENT
BETWEEN THE HIGH OVER THE ATLC AND A FRONT APPROACHING THE
TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE COASTAL PLAINS SUN
THEN WEAKEN MON. THE PRES GRADIENT WILL ALSO WEAKEN ON MON
WITH DECREASING WINDS.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL 
MOVE RAPIDLY SE AND MOVE INTO THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA 
LATER TODAY AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRI. STRONG WINDS
WITH THE FRONT ON WED WILL DECREASE TO 10-15 KT...HOWEVER LARGE
SWELLS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF
THE AREA LATER TODAY. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E INTO THE NE PORTION
OF THE AREA FRI THROUGH SUN THEN E OF THE AREA MON. MOSTLY
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER SLY WINDS TO 15 KT OVER 
THE W PORTION OF THE AREA AS THE HIGH MOVES TO THE E.

TRADES IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN S OF 15N E OF 
AROUND 73W WILL INCREASE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI 
THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE SOME ON MON. SE WINDS OVER THE NW
CARIBBEAN S OF AROUND 20N W OF 85W WILL INCREASE TO 20-25 KT
FRI AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUN. 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 DGS