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AGXX40 KNHC 190545
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT TUE OCT 19 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.

VERY WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH LIGHT 
WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...EXCEPT FOR 15 KT ELY WINDS OVER 
THE FAR SE GULF MAINLY THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE WINDS 
IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING. THE 
WEAK PRES PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK...HOWEVER SLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 15 KT OVER THE FAR NW GULF THU AND TO 20 KT ON 
FRI AND SAT AS THE RIDGE OVER THE SE U.S. STRENGTHENS SOME. ELY 
WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE 
RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF.

ATLC DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 23N65W TO EASTER 
CUBA IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. HIGH PRES 
BUILDING BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION AREA ALONG 
29N/30N. TRADE WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME TO THE S OF THE HIGH 
PRES S OF AROUND 25N TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED AND FROM 31N68W TO SE 
BAHAMAS THU THEN MOVE TO 28N65W TO HISPANIOLA FRI THEN E OF THE 
AREA SAT. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS WITH THE FRONT.

WINDS GENERALLY 10-15 KT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN. TROUGH OVER THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN FROM 19N82W TO A 1011 MB LOW ALONG THE COAST 
OF HONDURAS 16N84W. THE LOW WILL MEANDER ALONG THE COAST OF 
CENTRAL AMERICA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND HAS THE POSSIBILITY 
OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

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