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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST TUE JAN 11 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...
GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE 
BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS 
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT TIGHTENS THE PRES GRADIENT WITH 
STRONG NLY WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF AND SPREADS 
EWD. NE WINDS TO 30 KT AND SEAS TO 14 FT OVER THE SW GULF LATE 
TONIGHT. THE GRADIENT RELAXES BY THU NIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST 
WINDS CONFINED TO S OF AROUND 26N, WEAK HIGH PRES ACROSS THE 
AREA BY FRI CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 

...ATLANTIC...
COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFF THE SE U.S. COAST INTO THE ATLC FROM 
31N78W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. SLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 KT N 
OF 29N E OF THE FRONT. NW WINDS TO 25 KT ARE FORECAST W OF THE 
FRONT BY TUE. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA TUE AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO EASTERN CUBA 
THU. LARGE NLY SWELLS MOVE INTO THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA W OF 
THE FRONT. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT AND SEAS SLOWLY 
SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND.

...CARIBBEAN...
STRONG TRADES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
THU THEN DECREASE A LITTLE BY FRI. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW 
CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT OR EARLY THU EXTENDING FROM EASTERN CUBA TO 
HONDURAS THU MORNING. ELY WINDS 15-20 KT ACROSS MOST OF THE 
CARIBBEAN OVER THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS