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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST THU JAN 06 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 COLD FRONT FROM NAPLES FL TO 23N92W WILL MOVE TO 
THE FAR SE GULF THIS EVENING AND E OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. 
NLY WINDS TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. 
STRONG SLY WINDS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER THE 
WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON SUN. 
THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE SUN NIGHT AND GFS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP 
A LOW ALONG THE FRONT HOWEVER WILL KEEP CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS  
NOT MENTION GALE BUT WILL MENTION HIGHER GUSTS. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY CAMPECHE MON THEN MOVE 
E OF THE AREA TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN 
PLAINS TUE WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT OVER THE WESTERN GULF AND  
NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT.

ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE 
TO 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY FRI. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO GALE 
FORCE N OF 29N WITHIN 300 NM E OF THE FRONT FRI. THE GRADIENT 
WEAKENS AND WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE FRI EVENING.
STRONG W-NW WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. ANOTHER RE-ENFORCING FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA LATE SAT AND 
SAT NIGHT. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA LATE MON AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE 
OFF THE SE U.S. COAST AND EXTEND FROM 31N73W  TO CENTRAL FLORIDA 
TUE.

ATLC RIDGE HAS WEAKENED AND THE TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN HAVE 
DECREASED...NEAR 20 KT WINDS CONFINED TO S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN.
COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH GULF OF MEXICO WILL REACH 
THE NW CARIBBEAN EARLY FRI EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO GULF 
OF HONDURAS FRI AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA 
SAT.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.GALE WARNING N OF 29N 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