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AGXX40 KNHC 130607
MIMATS

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

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

WEAK RIDGE DOMINATES THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH MAINLY E TO SE 
WINDS OF AROUND 10 KT AND SEAS LESS THAN 3 FT. COLD FRONT WILL 
CLIP THE FAR NE GULF TODAY. NE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KT ARE 
EXPECTED TO BLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS TO THE SE U.S. 
WILL INCREASE WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE NE GULF TUE AND 
ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN GULF WED AND THU THEN DECREASE ON 
FRI. LOW PRES SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE 
NW CARIBBEAN LATE WED AND THU AND POSSIBLY DEVELOP INTO A 
TROPICAL CYCLONE...INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS IN THE FAR SOUTHERN 
GULF. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI.
 
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE ATLC LATER 
TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE BEHIND THE FRONT BUT WILL 
REMAIN LIGHT. A BELT OF ELY WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE WILL 
PERSIST S OF 25N WITH SEAS OF 4 TO 5 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS. WINDS 
AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE E PORTION OF THE AREA 
LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD THU AS MAJOR HURRICANE IGOR PASS TO 
THE E OF THE AREA...HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD 
REMAIN E OF THE FORECAST REGION.

STRONG HURRICANE IGOR E OF THE AREA IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE 
NE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS LATE TUE INTO WED AS A MAJOR 
HURRICANE. SO A HURRICANE WARNING WILL BE HEADLINED N OF 18N E 
OF 60W TUE NIGHT...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH WED THEN AS THE HURRICANE MOVES TO THE N OF THE AREA 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER N OF 20N E OF 
60W INTO THU...WITH DECREASING WINDS AND SEAS FRI. OTHERWISE A 
BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN LOCATED NEAR 
16N73W WILL MOVE NW TO JUST S OF JAMAICA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO 
MOVE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY THU THEN W OF THE 
AREA THU NIGHT. THIS LOW COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL 
CYCLONE. 


 
WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

TROPICAL N ATLC...
.HURRICANE WARNING N OF 18N E OF 60W TUE NIGHT AND WED.
  
GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

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

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FORECASTER DGS