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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT SUN OCT 31 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.

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES AND ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE GULF 
WATERS THROUGH MON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
EARLY TUE MORNING WITH STRONG TO NEAR GALE N WINDS BEHIND THE 
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO 
TAMPICO MEXICO LATE TUE AND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO E BAY OF 
CAMPECHE WED AND FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 19N91W THU. MODEL DATA 
INDICATES A LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT TUE NIGHT...WITH A 
REINFORCING PUSH OF COLD AIR THAT WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO NEAR 
GALE WINDS PERSISTING OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH THU NIGHT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
AT 2 PM...HURRICANE TOMAS WAS NEAR 14.2N 64.3W WITH MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 70 KT. TOMAS WILL BE NEAR 14.5N 65.1W THIS 
EVENING...14.9N 67.2W EARLY MON...15.0N 70.6W MON EVENING... 
15.0N 70.6W EARLY TUE...NEAR 15.0N 72.5W EARLY WED...AND NEAR 
15.5N 73.5W EARLY THU. HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
WITH SEAS GREATER THAN 20 FT CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN 150 NM OF 
THE CENTER OF TOMAS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE EASTERN AND 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. 

SW N ATLC...
A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO 27N73W. THE 
FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRESSURE 
BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN 
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA INCLUDING THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE THROUGH THU AS HURCN TOMAS MOVES THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...

CARIBBEAN...
.HURRICANE WARNING FROM 13N TO 18N E OF 72W...AMZ086.

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

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FORECASTER AL