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AGXX40 KNHC 260609
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EST MON DEC 26 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...
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 28N92W 
TO 19N93W. NLY WINDS 20-25 KT WITH SEAS TO 11 FT ARE S OF 25N W 
OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND EXTEND
ROM MOBILE ALABAMA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND THEN FROM TAMPA 
BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE AND OUT OF THE AREA TUE 
NIGHT. SLY WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH NLY WINDS TO 
20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. BROAD HIGH PRES CENTER TAKES OVER SE 
STATES AND GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH REMAINDER OF FORECAST PERIOD 
WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZE ACROSS ENTIRE AREA.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW PORTION OF THIS MORNING AND EXTEND 
FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE 
RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR 
NW PORTION OF THE AREA TUE AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL 
CUBA WED THEN FROM BERMUDA TO THE SE BAHAMAS WED EVENING THEN 
STALL AND DISSIPATE. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N OF 27N E 
OF THE FRONT WITH NLY WINDS 20 KT N OF 27N W OF THE FRONT WED.  
FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY E AND DISSIPATES THU AND WINDS DECREASE 
ACROSS ENTIRE AREA.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STRONG PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER ATLC AND LOW PRES 
OVER COLOMBIA MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS...25-30 KT...S OF 15N FROM 
70W-82W. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDING LATE TODAY WHEN PRES 
GRADIENT RELAXES AS SEVERAL COLD FRONTS CROSS INTO SW N ATLC N 
OF AREA. LARGE NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS REMAIN THOROUGH FORECAST 
PERIOD.

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