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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST TUE FEB 8 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 WELL SE OF THE GULF TODAY...AND WINDS CONTINUE TO 
DIMINISH OVER THE EASTERN GULF. SE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 
25 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF 
THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 
NE COAST OF MEXICO WED EVENING AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THU WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 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 SAT.

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN... 
BECOME STATIONARY AND EXTEND FROM 28N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS 
WED THEN DISSIPATE THU. STRONG SW WINDS N OF 27-28N E OF THE 
FRONT TODAY WILL DECREASE THROUGH WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST FRI AND EXTEND FROM 31N67W TO WESTERN 
CUBA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT WITH SW 
WINDS 20-25 KT N OF 27N E OF THE FRONT SAT.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STATIONARY HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG 
TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE TROPICAL N ATLC 
WATERS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WEAKENING COLD FRONT ACROSS 
NW CARIBBEAN FROM EASTERN CUBA TO BELIZE WILL STALL TONIGHT THEN 
DISSIPATE WED. SECOND COLD FRONT MOVES 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 MUNDELL