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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EST WED DEC 28 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 EXTENDING FROM SW CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA 15-20 NW WINDS AND 6-8 FT SEAS N OF 25N E OF 85W. THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WINDS AND SEAS 
DECREASE. WEAK RIDGE OVER NORTHERN GULF TODAY THROUGH SAT WITH 
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS ENTIRE AREA. HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS
NW OF THE AREA SUN RESULTING IN A TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF WITH WIND ELY WINDS TO 15 KT.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF AREA FROM 31N77W TO S 
CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AND EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO 
CENTRAL CUBA LATER THIS MORNING AND WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO 
CENTRAL CUBA EARLY THU THEN DISSIPATE THU NIGHT. STRONG WINDS TO 
30 KT AND SEAS TO 12 FT N OF 27N BOTH E AND W OF THE FRONT 
WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT.  HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND FRONT THU 
THROUGH SUN WITH WINDS LIGHT WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST 
AREA THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA WHERE 
ELY WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE THU THROUGH SUN.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES CENTER OVER SW N ATLC WEAKENS AND SHIFT E AS COLD 
FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC RESULTING IN RELAXING PRES GRADIENT OVER 
CARIBBEAN. HOWEVER 20-25 KT WINDS WITH SEAS TO 10 FT WILL REMAIN 
ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. HIGH PRES REBUILDS N OF AREA FRI 
AND INTO THE WEEKEND AND WINDS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KT 
WITH SEAS BUILDING UP TO 14 FT ACROSS THE SW AND S CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN.

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