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AGXX40 KNHC 080644
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST TUE FEB 08 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 SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANEL WILL MOVE SE OF THE 
AREA LATER THIS MORNING. STRONG NW WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF 
WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING. SE WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BY 
AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE NE COAST OF 
MEXICO WED EVENING AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF 
CAMPECHE THU...WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING GALE FORCE WED NIGHT 
BEHIND THE FRONT W OF 95W. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY 
TO YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT. WINDS 
DECREASE FROM W TO E DURING THE DAY ON SAT.

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND 
FROM 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED, STRONG SLY WINDS E OF THE FRONT TODAY WILL 
DECREASE ON WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. 
COAST TO 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI AND FROM 31N67W TO 
WESTERN CUBA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT 
WITH SW WINDS 20-25 KT N OF AROUND 27N E OF THE FRONT SAT. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG TRADE 
WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS THE 
TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. COLD FRONT 
ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA TO  
HONDURAS LATER TODAY WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN SAT.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ080 AND GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WED NIGHT W OF 95W.

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

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FORECASTER DGS