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AGXX40 KNHC 030734
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
235 AM EST TUE JAN 03 2012

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 JUST SE OF BASIN EARLY TODAY MAINTAIN STRONG TO NEAR 
GALE N-NE WINDS ACROSS MOST OF GULF E OF 92W TODAY DIMINISHING 
QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  ASSOCIATED SEAS NEAR 12 FT 
OVER LARGE AREA IN SE GULF EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW 8 FT LATE 
TONIGHT.  HIGH PRES CENTER BUILDS OVER SE STATES AND DRIFT OVER 
NE GULF ZONE WEAKENING PRES GRADIENT ACROSS AREA...DIMINISHING 
WINDS AND SUBSIDING SEAS THROUGH SAT.  WEAK TROUGH APPROACHES 
FAR NW GULF THU AND DISSIPATE FRI.  SECOND COLD FRONT ENTERS NW 
GULF LATE SAT.
 
SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT FROM 31N71W TO 23N80W REACH FROM 31N65W TO NE 
HISPANIOLA TUE NIGHT.  GALE FORCE NW WINDS W OF FRONT N OF 27N 
WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 23 FT.  S-SW WINDS WITHIN 240 NM E OF 
FRONT EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR GALE FORCE N OF 29N.  GALE 
CONDITIONS MOVE OUT OF SW N ATLC ZONE LATE TUE NIGHT AS FRONT 
MOVES E OF AREA WED.  LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELL LINGER ACROSS 
EASTERN PORTION OF AREA THROUGH FRI THEN SUBSIDE BELOW 8 FT LATE 
SAT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
COLD FRONT CROSSES YUCATAN PASSAGE INTO NW CARIBBEAN WITH STRONG 
TO NEAR GALE N WIND SPREADING INTO SW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND E OF 
75W WED.  FRONT STALLS ALONG 72W THU BUT STEADY FRESH EASTERLY 
BREEZE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN 
EXCEPT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA WHERE WEAK LOW PRES FORCES A 
STRONG NE BREEZE.   

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.

.SW N ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 27N W OF FRONT.
    
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES