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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST FRI DEC 23 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 EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE WESTERN BAY 
OF CAMPECHE. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 
THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY AND STALL AND MOVE BACK 
TO THE W TONIGHT AND SAT. A REINFORCING SURGE WILL MOVE THE 
FRONT EASTWARD SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN. THE FRONT WILL ONCE AGAIN 
STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE MON. WINDS ARE 
FORECAST TO INCREASE TO GALE FORCE OVER THE SW GULF W OF 94W SAT 
NIGHT THROUGH MON. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND WINDS RAPIDLY DECREASE 
ON TUE.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
SURFACE HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 31N WILL MOVE E AS COLD FRONT 
MOVES INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 
BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT EVENING. THE FRONT WILL STALL
FROM 28N65W TO 28N78W SUN THEN DISSIPATE. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO THE NW 
BAHAMAS EARLY MON AND FROM BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE 
MON. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO 
THE SE WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION WILL STALL ALONG 24N BY TUE.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STRONG PRES GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN EARLY NEXT WEEK. GALE WARNING IN 
THE SW CARIBBEAN FROM 11N-15N BETWEEN 73W-78W WILL DECREASE TO 
BELOW GALE FORCE TONIGHT. LARGE NLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO 
PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC AND THROUGH THE 
CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH SAT THEN SUBSIDE ON SUN. WINDS 20-25 
KT AND SEAS TO 11 FT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SW AND S CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GALE WARNING...GMZ082 W OF 94W LATE SAT THROUGH EARLY MON.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.GALE WARNING...AMZ084-086 FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W.

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

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FORECASTER DGS