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AGXX40 KNHC 090646
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST WED FEB 9 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...
SE WINDS WILL INCREASING TO 20-25 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF AHEAD 
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE 
LOUISIANA TO NE COAST OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND FROM THE 
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THU WITH NLY WINDS 
INCREASING TO GALE FORCE THIS EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT. THE 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM FORT MYERS FL TO YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI 
THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT. WINDS DECREASE FROM W TO E DURING 
THE DAY SAT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF SUN WITH 
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS.

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL GRADUALLY 
WEAKEN THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND EXTEND FROM 28N65W TO THE 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST THU AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO S 
FLORIDA THU AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN FROM 31N65W TO S FLORIDA FRI. A 
RE-ENFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N68W TO CENTRAL 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. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND WINDS 
DECREASE ON SUN.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO GULF OF 
HONDURAS WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER THIS MORNING. 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. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE 
NW CARIBBEAN SAT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS SUN. 
NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT NW OF THE FRONT.

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ080 AND GMZ082...GALE WARNING TONIGHT W OF 95W.

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

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FORECASTER DGS