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AGXX40 KNHC 040728
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST WED JAN 04 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...
HIGH PRES 1032 MB OVER SE STATES MAINTAINS LIGHT TO MODERATE 
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ACROSS MOST OF GULF.  HIGH PRES CENTER MOVES 
OVER GULF NORTHERN WATERS EFFECTIVELY FLATTENING GRADIENT AND 
KEEPING LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUT BASIN THROUGH SUN. 
WEAK COLD FRONT ENTERS NW GULF SAT BUT LACKS ENOUGH POWER TO 
CHANGE WIND PATTERN.  FRONT STALLS FROM BILOXI MISSISSIPPI TO 
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS LATE SUN.

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W TO ENE HISPANIOLA MOVES E OF BASIN 
TODAY.  GALE FORCE NW WINDS CONDITIONS MOVED OUT OF BASIN EARLY 
THIS MORNING WITH SEAS QUICKLY SUBSIDING FROM THE PREVIOUS 20-22 
FT SWELLS TO BELOW 12 FT EARLY FRI AND BELOW 8 FT BY FRI. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
COLD FRONT FROM SW HAITI TO GULF OF HONDURAS WITH STRONG NLY 
WINDS W OF FRONT SPREADING INTO SW CARIBBEAN THROUGH TODAY.  
FRONT EXTEND FROM EASTERN HISPANIOLA TO COSTA RICA WED THEN 
STALLS THU AND DISSIPATE FRI.  FRESH ELY WINDS ACROSS SW AND S 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI BECOME STRONG BREEZE OVER WEEKEND.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

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

.SW N ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 80W.
    
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES