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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EST SUN JAN 02 2011

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...
A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY 
OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18N94W. THE 1232 UTC WINDSAT PASS SHOWED WINDS 
TO 30 KT OVER THE NW GULF WHILE SEVERAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS 
SHOW MORE WIDESPREAD 25 KT WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT 
WILL REMAIN IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE UNTIL IT DISSIPATES MON WHILE 
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE S THROUGH TAMPA BAY 
TONIGHT AND TO SW FLORIDA MON. THE FRONTAL REMNANTS WILL THEN 
LIFT N MON NIGHT AND TUE AND BE PICKED UP BY THE NEXT COLD FRONT 
DROPING INTO THE N GULF LATE WED. THE FRONT WILL LIE FROM N 
FLORIDA TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TX THU AFTERNOON.

SW N ATLC...
1025 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR 30N68W AT 12Z WITH BROAD RIDGE ACROSS 
THE AREA. THE 1400 ASCAT PASS SHOWED 20-25 KT NELY WINDS OVER SE 
WATERS. THE HIGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY S...THEN WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS 
FARTHER SW AND COLLAPSES NEAR 26N74W MON AFTERNOON. GRADIENT 
WINDS WILL REMAIN FRESH S OF 23N AND THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THROUGH 
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST TONIGHT 
AND EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO SE FLORIDA MON AFTERNOON AND 
DISSIPATE TUE. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO N WATERS BY WED AND 
THEN RETREAT N OF THE AREA WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM EXPECTED 
TO SEND A COLD FRONT INTO NW WATERS THU MORNING AND EXTENDING 
FROM 31N72W TO JUPITER INLET THU AFTERNOON.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
A HIGH PRES N OF AREA IS PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND N OF AN OLD BOUNDARY ALONG 16N IN THE 
TROPICAL N ATLC. A COUPLE OF ASCAT PASSES ALONG WITH SOME SHIP 
OBSERVATIONS VERIFIED THESE WIND SPEEDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE 
NOTED NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA RAISING SEAS UP TO 13 FT.  
LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN THESE CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DUE TO WEAKENING 
HIGH AND PRES GRADIENT. A NARROW ZONE OF 20-25 KT NELY WINDS IS 
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MON ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS 
N OF THE OLD FRONTAL ZONE AS IT SINKS FARTHER S AND DISSIPATES. 
NWLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT REGIONAL ATLC WATERS AND MIX 
WITH NE WIND SWELL.  

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER GR/JS