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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST WED FEB 16 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...
RIDGE EXTENDS FROM NW FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO. THIS WEATHER PATTERN 
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SLY RETURN FLOW HAS 
ALREADY ESTABLISHED OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA WITH 
WINDS IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE THROUGH THU NIGHT THEN DECREASE TO 10-15 KT FRI AND 
SAT. SE WINDS OVER THE FAR NW GULF WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO 
20 KT ON SUN THEN ONCE AGAIN DECREASE ON MON. SEAS ARE FORECAST 
TO BUILD TO ABOUT 7 FT IN THIS AREA THU AND THU NIGHT.  

SW N ATLC W OF 65W...
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 23N65W TO HAITI WILL DISSIPATE 
TONIGHT. NE WINDS OF 20 KT ARE E OF AROUND 70W WITH NW SWELLS TO 
12 FT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF THE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 
THE HIGH WILL MOVE S AND E WITH AN E-W RIDGE FROM NEAR BERMUDA 
TO NE FL BY FRI. ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AN AREA 
OF NE WINDS AT 15-20 KT S OF 27N E OF 75W THEN S OF AROUND 24N 
BY SAT THEN LESS THEN 20 KT ON SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
BRUSH THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 
20-25 KT SUN THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA WITH DECREASING WINDS MON.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...
TRADE WINDS IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE ARE BLOWING ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
CARIBBEN. HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF THE AREA WILL WEAKEN THU 
RESULTING IN DECREASING TRADE WIND FLOW OVER THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL ATLC WATERS THU WITH THE ONLY WINDS 
TO 20 KT BEING CONFINED TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. ELY WINDS WILL 
INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND 
AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE N OF THE AREA STRENGTHENS. 

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