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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST FRI JAN 21 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...
STRONG COLD FRONT FROM 30N88W TO 23N98W CROSSES GULF OF MEXICO 
REACHING FROM N FLORIDA TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY AND E 
OF AREA SAT.  GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED W OF 94W FROM 21N TO 25N 
EARLY TODAY THEN DROP BELOW GALE FORCE IN THE AFTERNOON. 
NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS GULF SAT VEER E TO SE SAT NIGHT WITH S 
RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS W GULF AHEAD OF WEAKER SECOND COLD 
FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST SUN NIGHT.  FRESH TO 
STRONG BREEZE BEHIND SECOND FRONT MON AND TUE AS IT REACH FROM 
30N85W TO 2N88W LATE TUE. 
   
SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT ENTERED NW CORNER OF BASIN LAST NIGHT REACH FROM 
31N69W TO 27N80W LATE TODAY.  LOW PRES CENTER EXPECTED TO FORM 
AT TAIL END OF FRONT LATER TODAY AND MOVE NE ALONG BOUNDARY BY 
SUN WITH NEAR GALE SW WINDS ON SE QUADRANT.  LOW PRES GENERATE 
REINFORCING FRONT WHICH EXTEND FROM 31N67W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE 
SUN AND MOVE E OF AREA MON.  HIGH PRES BUILD ACROSS AREA IN WAKE 
OF FRONT. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND 
TROPICAL N ATLC DIMINISH TODAY AS HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF AREA IS 
FORCED E BY COLD FRONT AND LOW PRES FLATTENS GRADIENT.  FRESH TO 
STRONG TRADES RETURN MON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BACK IN WAKE OF 
COLD FRONT AND LOW PRES MOVING N OF AREA.  COLD FRONT ENTER FAR 
NW CARIBBEAN SAT REACHING FROM E CUBA TO E HONDURAS EARLY SUN... 
WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE.  

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GALE WARNING S OF 22N W OF 94W...GMZ082.

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES