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AGXX40 KNHC 160610
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 AM EST FRI DEC 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...
AN E-W RIDGE ALONG 31N TO THE E OF 90W WILL RETRACT E ALLOWING A 
WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE OVER THE NW GULF WATERS THIS MORNING AND 
STALL FROM S-CENTRAL LA TO A WEAK FRONTAL WAVE AT 27N95W TO 
21N97W AROUND SUNSET TODAY. NORTHERLY WINDS AT 15-20 KT WILL 
CONTINUE W OF THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WHICH SHOULD WASH OUT 
EARLY SUN. HIGH PRES WILL STRENGTHEN SUN NIGHT AS SOUTHERLY 
RETURN FLOW ESTABLISHES OVER THE NW GULF...AND SPREADS E TO 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY LATE MON. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE TX COAST AROUND SUNRISE TUE ACCOMPANIED BY NLY 
WINDS AT 15-20 KT.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
HIGH PRES NEAR 31N70W HAS A RIDGE E-W ALONG 31N RESULTING IN 
NE-E WINDS AT 15-20 KT...SEAS TO 11 FT...E OF 75W ALONG SE 
PERIPHERY OF RIDGE. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE S TO ALONG 27N SAT AND 
ALONG 25N SUN ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO SWEEP ACROSS WATERS N OF 
THE RIDGE. AT SUNRISE MON THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 30N55W TO 
24N65W BECOMING A SHEAR AXIS TO 23N80W. THE SHEAR AXIS WILL 
CONTINUE S TO ALONG 20N W OF 55W ON TUE. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN NE WINDS AT 15-25 
KT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC WATERS.  A COLD FRONT 
MOVING ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WILL STALL 
ALONG 15N FRI AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. A SECOND 
FRONT WILL MOVE S AND WEAKEN TO A SHEAR AXIS ACROSS HISPANIOLA 
AND E CUBA ON TUE. LARGE N SWELLS ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC 
WATERS OF 14N WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

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 NELSON