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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST TUE DEC 28 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.

HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH SLY WINDS 
TO 20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE WINDS COULD INCREASE TO 25 
KT W OF 95W ON WED AS THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOWER 
PRES DEVELOPING OVER S TEXAS TIGHTENS. STRONG SLY WINDS OVER 
MOST OF THE GULF BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST AND EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE 
MEXICAN COAST NEAR 21N97W. N WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT W OF THE 
FRONT.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 25N65W TO HAITI WILL MOVE 
TO THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN E 
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. VERY LARGE SWELLS UP TO AROUND 27 FT 
E OF THE BAHAMAS. GALE FORCE WINDS EARLY TODAY THEN DECREASE TO 
20-25 KT BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS DECREASE WED HOWEVER LARGER 
SWELLS WILL CONTINUE E OF THE BAHAMAS. HIGH PRES BUILDS NEAR 
28N70W THU AND THE SWELLS SLOWLY SUBSIDE. THE RIDGE MOVES N OF 
THE AREA AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT S OF AROUND 25N OVER 
THE WEEKEND.

CARIBBEAN COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM HAITI TO NEAR 15N80W. THE 
FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY HOWEVER THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE BY THIS AFTERNOON 
FROM 22N59W TO 17N61W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA WED. 
LARGE NLY SWELLS MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC AREA WED AND SPREAD 
SOUTH COVERING THE ENTIRE AREA BY FRI. AS THE ATLC RIDGE BUILDS 
THE TRADES INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN BY THE END OF 
THE WEEK.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.GALE WARNING N OF 27N E OF 72W...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS