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AGXX40 KNHC 151808
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST THU DEC 15 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...
HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WITH E-SE WINDS 15-20 KT 
ACROSS THE SE GULF. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E AS A COLD FRONT MOVES 
TO THE TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 
TAMPICO MEXICO FRI WHERE IT STALLS. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE 
SUN. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF SUN THEN 
MOVES E MON AND SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES ACROSS THE NW GULF.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY TUE AND 
EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE NE COAST OF MEXICO TUE AFTERNOON.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 31N WITH WINDS 15-20 KT E OF AROUND 75W 
WITH NE SWELLS 8 TO 12 FT. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE S TO ALONG 27N 
SAT AS A COLD FRONT BRUSHES THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS SUN THEN 
MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA MON. HIGH PRES BUILDS JUST N OF THE 
AREA TUE AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE SE PORTION OF 
THE AREA.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA IS PRODUCING NE WINDS 20-25 KT 
ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 
FRI THEN DECREASE SAT. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH 
OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN OVER THE WEEKEND. COLD FRONT 
MOVING ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WILL STALL 
ALONG 15N FRI AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THROUGH SAT. NE WINDS TO 
20 KT NW OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE SAT AST THE FRONT 
DISSIPATES. LARGES SWELLS ACROSS THE TRPCL ATLC ZONE N OF AROUND 
14N WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG HIGH 
PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA TUE AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT 
ACROSS THE AREA E OF AROUND 80W.

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 DGS