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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST THU FEB 24 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...
HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE N GULF WILL MOVE E AS A COLD FRONT 
MOVES INTO THE WESTERN GULF LATE TONIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM SE 
LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI MORNING. THE FRONT 
WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE NE GULF SAT. SLY WIND TO 20 KT OVER THE 
W GULF WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS OVER THE W 
ATLC AND SLY RETURN FLOW ONCE AGAIN INCREASES TO 15-20 KT AHEAD 
OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND 
FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE MON 
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO EASTERN BAY 
OF CAMPECHE TUE. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND THE 
FRONT MON...THEN DECREASE TUE.

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT FROM 24N65W TO 25N72W WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. 
SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA 
EARLY FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST FRI 
NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE SAT. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND
THEN WINDS INCREASE SOME OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AS 
ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TUE.


CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA MAINTAINS FRESH TO OCCASIONAL STRONG 
TRADES FROM THE TROPICAL N ATLC THROUGH THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN. THE PERSISTENT TRADES WILL GENERATE NE TO E SWELL 
ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 11 TO 12 FT OFF THE 
COAST OF COLOMBIA BY SUN INTO MON.

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