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AGXX40 KNHC 130617
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT THU MAY 13 2010

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

E-SE WINDS 20-25 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH THE 
ONLY EXCEPTION BEING THE NE GULF. THE PRES GRADIENT WILL RELAX 
SOME AS THE ATLC HIGH MOVES SE AND WINDS DECREASE TO 15-20 KT 
TONIGHT MAINLY S OF AROUND 26N/27N WITH 10-15 KT WINDS OVER THE 
NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL BE BELOW 20 KT ACROSS ALL BUT THE SE 
GULF BY SAT THEN LESS THEN 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF SUN AND 
MON.

HIGH PRES IN THE ATLC N OF 31N HAS INCREASED THE WINDS IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA TO 20 KT S OF AROUND 25N...WITH 
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS N OF 25N. THE HIGH DRIFTS S INTO THE FORECAST 
AREA SAT AND SUN WITH LIGHT WINDS CONTINUING N OF 25N AND 15-20 
KT WINDS S OF 25N THEN THE HIGH WEAKENS MON WITH WINDS LESS THEN 
20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
 
AS THE ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N THE AREA STRONG ELY WINDS 
WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS 25-30 
KT ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15-20 
KT MOST OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE HIGH WEAKENS WITH 
15-20 KT WINDS CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ON MON.


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