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AGXX40 KNHC 110627
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EST FRI MAR 11 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...
THE COLD FRONT HAS SHIFTED E OF THE AREA. WINDS OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW GALE FORCE AS INDICATED BY THE LATEST 
ASCAT PASS. SEAS TO 11 FT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL SUBSIDE 
BELOW 8 FT BY THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE 
ACROSS THE N GULF THROUGH SAT NIGHT...THEN SHIFT E OF THE AREA 
WITH ASSOCIATED RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE N GULF THROUGH THE 
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SE RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP 
OVER THE W GULF TODAY...AND PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

SW N ATLC...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N77W TO WESTERN CUBA. 
FRESH TO STRONG FRESH NW WINDS WILL PREVAIL W OF THE FRONT 
TODAY. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO E CUBA THIS 
EVENING...AND FROM 31N62W THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT EVENING WHERE 
IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH MON. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD 
BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RIDGE PREVAILING OVER THE N PART OF THE 
AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
MODERATE TO FRESH TRADEWINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST OF THE 
CARIBBEAN TODAY...THEN WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH 
PRESSURE BUILDS N OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT HAS JUST MOVED INTO 
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL REACH FROM E CUBA TO E HONDURAS TONIGHT 
WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH SUN. 

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER AL