000
AGXX40 KNHC 170652
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST FRI DEC 17 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 COLD FRONT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL EXTEND FROM 
NEAR PENSACOLA TO 28N94W TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS LATER TODAY AND 
FROM APALACHICOLA BAY TO TAMPICO MEXICO SAT MORNING. THE FRONT 
WILL BECOME DIFFUSE FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE CENTRAL 
GULF SUN MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE NE GULF MON WITH 
INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF. ANOTHER COLD 
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST TUE.

ATLC 1021 MB IS CENTERED NEAR 28N68W WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA BY 
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING SLY WINDS OVER THE NW PORTION 
OF THE AREA THROUGH SAT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT 
WILL MOVE OFF THE FLORIDA COAST LATE SAT AFTERNOON...AND EXTEND 
FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY SUN AND FROM 28N65W TO 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS MON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND THE 
FRONT THEN DECREASE FROM W TO E LATE MON AND TUE.

WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 19N55W TO 16N64W THEN 
CONTINUES AS A TROUGH TO 15N75W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY E 
WHILE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING LATER TODAY. STRONG NE TO E WINDS N 
OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE SOME BY SAT NIGHT. A TROUGH OVER THE 
SW CARIBBEAN ALONG 75W/76W WILL MOVE SLOWLY WNW THROUGH SAT THEN 
TO 70W MON AND DISSIPATE TUE. LARGE SWELLS OVER THE TROPICAL 
ATLC ZONE WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY SUN.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

$$
FORECASTER DGS