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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
325 AM EDT TUE MAR 29 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...
WEAK STATIONARY FRONT EXTEND FROM 1015 MB LOW PRES OVER NE 
FLORIDA TO 28N90W WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT.  LINE OF NUMEROUS 
TSTMS SE OF FRONT EXTENDS FROM S OF TAMPA FLORIDA TO 25N86W 
RAPIDLY MOVING SE EXPECTED TO REACH STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE 
MORNING TODAY.  WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR TSTMS.  WINDS VEER SE 
QUICKLY LATE TODAY AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING OFF SE TEXAS 
COAST WED.  FRONT EXTEND FROM MOBILE ALABAMA TO BROWNSVILLE 
TEXAS LATE WED...THEN FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA 
LATE THU AND ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE FRI.  STRONG SW FLOW 
AHEAD OF FRONT EXPECTED OVER MID AND EASTERN GULF ZONES.  THIRD 
BUT WEAKER COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS NE GULF WATERS FRI INCREASING 
WINDS AND SEAS.  EFFECT OF THIRD FRONT STILL UNCERTAIN AS 
CULPRIT SHORT WAVE MAY REMAIN FARTHER N THAN GFS CALLS FOR.  

SW N ATLC W OF 55W...
LOW PRES 1015 MB AT 29N81W PUSHES COLD FRONT INTO NW CORNER OF 
BASIN BUT WILL BE N OF ZONE LATER TODAY.  SECOND COLD FRONT 
ENTER FAR NW WATERS TONIGHT EXTENDING FROM 31N65W TO DAYTONA 
BEACH FLORIDA EARLY TUE THEN STALL FROM 28N65W TO MELBOURNE 
FLORIDA LATE TUE.  FRONT LIFT N AS WARM FRONT WED WITH FRESH SLY 
RETURN FLOW INCREASE TO STRONG BREEZE THU AND FRI AHEAD OF THIRD 
COLD FRONT MOVING OFF GEORGIA COAST LATE FRI.  EXPECT VERY 
STRONG SW WINDS...APPROACHING NEAR GALE FORCE...AHEAD OF FRONT. 
    
CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
HIGH PRES N OF AREA SHIFT E AND WEAKEN THROUGH THU AS SERIES OF 
COLD FRONTS MOVE ACROSS SW N ATLC.  PERSISTENT FRESH TO STRONG 
SE BREEZE REMAIN OVER NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH MOST OF FORECAST 
PERIOD.  FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS FLOW ACROSS SOUTH AND 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI WHEN COLD FRONT CROSSES YUCATAN 
CHANNEL INTO NW CARIBBEAN BACKING WINDS NE.  

WARNINGS..

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES