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AGXX40 KNHC 040556
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON OCT 04 2010

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

NLY WINDS 15-20 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO...WILL 
DECREASE OVER THE NW GULF LATER THIS MORNING. LOW PRES IS 
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG A TROUGH IN THE NW CARIBBEAN TUE NIGHT 
WILL FURTHER TIGHTEN THE PRES GRADIENT WITH NE WINDS INCREASING 
TO 20-25 KT ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...THEN DECREASE ON
FRI. OTHERWISE NLY WINDS DECREASE FROM NW TO SE THROUGH THE 
WEEK. HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE NW GULF FRI WITH MOSTLY LIGHT 
WINDS OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N77W TO S FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 
31N73W TO CENTRAL CUBA THIS EVENING. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 
KT W OF THE FRONT LATER TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N72W TO 
CENTRAL CUBA TUE...AND NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BEHIND 
THE FRONT. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL 
CUBA WED. LOW PRES WILL MOVE N FROM THE CARIBBEAN INTO THE FAR 
SE PORTION OF THE AREA WED THE LOW WILL MOVE N THU THEN E OF THE 
AREA FRI.

CARIBBEAN TROUGH FROM EASTERN CUBA TO PANAMA WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY THROUGH THE WEEK. HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS TO THE NW 
WILL INCREASE THE NLY WINDS TO 15-20 W OF THE TROUGH TUE. NLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N OF 20N WED AND THU THEN DECREASE 
FRI.
SLY WINDS 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR EASTERN CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE FRI.

WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.NONE

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.
  
GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS