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AGXX40 KNHC 100546
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2010

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

WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER THE SE GULF OF MEXICO FROM SW FLORIDA
TO 25N89W WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRES IN 
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE AREA. THE 
COMBINATION OF THE HIGH AND LOW PRES OVER TEXAS AND NE MEXICO 
WILL TIGHTEN THE PRES GRADIENT AND PRODUCE INCREASING WINDS AND 
SEAS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND MIDDLE GULF TODAY AND SPREAD ACROSS 
EASTERN PORTIONS TUE THROUGH THU...WITH DECREASING WINDS ON FRI.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N67W TO S FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN 
FROM 29N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE E OF AREA 
TUE. NLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT...THEN STRONG 
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TUE THEN MOSTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN 
PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE SOME ON FRI.

HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE ATLC AS FRONT MOVES E AND WEAKENS 
THIS WILL RESULT IN TIGHTENING THE PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE 
CARIBBEAN AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO STRONG TRADE WINDS. 20-25 KT 
NE TO E TRADES ACROSS THE SRN CARIBBEAN WILL EXPAND N AND NW 
TONIGHT AND COULD INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KT OFF THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. ELY WINDS 20-25 KT SHOULD COVER ALL BUT THE FAR 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI...E OF AROUND 65W E WINDS WILL BE 
IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE.


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