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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST WED MAR 09 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 WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS MORNINIG. STRONG 
SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. NLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 20-30 KT W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND FROM SW 
FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU AFTERNOON THEN MOVE E OF 
THE AREA THU NIGHT. WINDS DECREASE FROM W TO E THU NIGHT AND FRI 
WITH WINDS BELOW 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY FRI AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE NE GULF SAT AND SLY RETURN FLOW 
INCREASES TO 15-20 KT OVER THE NW GULF. THE HIGH WEAKENS SUN 
WITH WINDS 5-10 KT OVER THE NE GULF AND 10-15 KT ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

SW N ATLC...
HIGH PRES N OF AREA COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT 
TIGHTENS THE PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA 
WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE 
SE U.S. COAST THU AFTERNOON AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO WESTERN 
CUBA FRI AND FROM 31N66W TO MONA PASSAGE SAT. NLY WINDS 20-25 KT 
W OF THE FRONT FRI THEN DECREASE SAT WITH LARGE NLY SWELLS TO 10 
FT W OF THEN FRONT FRI AND SAT THEN SUBSIDE SUN.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
TRADES IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE WITH SEAS TO 9 FT NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. NE WINDS TO 20 KT ARE ALSO BLOWING THROUGH THE 
WINDWARD AND MONA PASSAGES. THE PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS ON THU AND 
WINDS DECREASE AS THE ARTC HIGH MOVES EWD AND A COLD FRONT MOVES 
INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 
20 KT N OF THE FRONT FRI. THE FRONT DISSIPATES FRI WITH NE WINDS 
AROUND 15 KT THROUGH THE AREA.

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