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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT FRI APR 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...
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GULF FROM NEAR SW FLORIDA TO THE WESTERN 
BAY OF CAMPECHE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS ARE ALONG THE 
E PORTION OF THE FRONT. OTHERWISE THE FRONT CONSISTS OF LOW 
CLOUDS. WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 20 KT WITH THE FRONT BY THIS 
EVENING. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS YUCATAN 
CHANNEL TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS FROM W TO E ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN GULF. SE RETURN FLOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME ESTABLISHED 
THIS WEEKEND AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST MON AND 
EXTEND FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO S TEXAS TUE. THE FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO WESTERN BAY OF 
CAMPECHE WED. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND THE 
FRONT WED.

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA, SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND  TSTMS ARE ALONG THE FRONT. CURRENTLY BUOYS 
INDICATING NLY WINDS TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT HOWEVER THESE WINDS 
SHOULD DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT BY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL 
WEAKEN FROM 31N70W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN 
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS TO ALONG 30N TUE AND ELY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD 
FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST WED AFTERNOON...AND SW WINDS 
INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
WEAKENING HIGH PRES NE OF THE AREA AND LOWER PRES ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSING N OF THE CARIBBEAN IS ACTING TO 
DIMINISH TRADE WINDS IN THE AREA TONIGHT. SEAS ARE GENERALLY 6-7 
FT IN THE E CARIBBEAN...4-5 FT IN THE W CARIBBEAN...AND 7-8 FT 
IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC. ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT E OF 
AROUND 75W EARLY NEXT WEEK INTO WED. 

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