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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT TUE OCT 25 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...
A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HURRICANE RINA IN THE NW CARIBBEAN 
AND HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S. HAS INCREASED THE NE WINDS TO 
15-20 KT ACROSS THE SE GULF. COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF 
THE TEXAS COAST LATE THU AND MOVE RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE GULF 
WATERS THROUGH FRI AND E OF THE AREA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 
20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE RINA 
ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT THE SE GULF THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT. 

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO THE 26N70W WILL MOVE E OF THE 
AREA TONIGHT. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT EARLY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT.   
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH A SURFACE 
RIDGE OVER THE N PART OF THE AREA THU AND FRI. ANOTHER FRONT 
WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST INTO THE ATLC EARLY SAT AND MOVE 
RAPIDLY TO 31N66W TO SE FLORIDA SUN. NLY WINDS 20-25 KT AND SEAS 
TO 11 FT BEHIND THE FRONT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... 
HURRICANE RINA WAS CENTERED NEAR 17.4N83.9W AT 1500 UTC WITH 
MAXIMUM WINDS 90 KT GUSTS TO 110 KT. RINA MOVING W AT 3 KT. 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRES 971 MB. RINA IS FORECAST TO 
GRADUALLY INTENSIFY UNTIL IT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 
THU NIGHT. RINA WILL THE MOVE NE FRI THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL 
STORM  SAT AND SUN OVER WESTERN CUBA. LOW PRES 1009 MB IN THE E 
CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE WESTWARD OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A 
CHANCE OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ084...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 85W AND 
89W THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT.
.GMZ086...TROPICAL STROM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 23N BETWEEN 
82W AND 85W SAT AND SUN.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.AMZ082...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 16N W OF 82W.

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

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FORECASTER DGS