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AGXX40 KNHC 160807
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0400 AM EDT FRI SEP 16 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 NIPS NE CORNER OF GULF BRINGING FRESH N-NE BREEZE 
BEHIND IT BUT LASTING ONLY THROUGH LATE SAT.  HIGH PRES BUILDS 
AS FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE SUN EVENTUALLY TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT 
ENOUGH TO INCREASE NE WINDS BACK TO A MODERATE BREEZE MON AND 
TUE.  RIDGE MAINTAINS LIGHT BREEZE ACROSS REMAINDER OF BASIN.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER BAY OF CAMPECHE MAINTAINS STABLE 
AND VERY DRY SUBSIDING AIR MASS OVER MOST OF GULF PRECLUDING ANY 
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXCEPT ALONG COLD FRONT.  

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
CENTRAL ATLC HIGH PRES AND ASSOCIATED RIDGE EXPANDING SW BRING  
MODERATE TO FRESH BREEZE ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF CARIBBEAN AND 
TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS ZONES.  TRADES PERSIST THROUGH SAT AS 
MODERATELY ACTIVE MONSOON TROUGH KEEPS TIGHT PRES GRADIENT 
ACROSS REGION.  SEAS REMAIN LESS THAN 8 FT FOR MOST WATERS 
EXCEPT TO 9 FT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH TUE.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W...
WEAK COLD FRONT MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA TODAY THEN STALL AND 
DISSIPATE SAT NIGHT WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN ITS WAKE.  DIRECT 
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MARIA ALL BUT GONE NOW AS LINGERING 
SWELLS IN NE CORNER SUBSIDED LAST NIGHT.  TRAILING TROUGH SW OF 
MARIA DRIFT NW SQUEEZING PRES GRADIENT WITH BUILDING HIGH PRES 
LATE SAT AND SUN OVER EXTREME NW PART.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.
          
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES