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AGXX40 KNHC 221854
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
150 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO...
LATEST SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MODERATE TO FRESH SE 
TO S RETURN FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH LIGHT TO 
MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE EASTERN GULF. A COLD FRONT IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY MON MORNING...AND 
WEAKEN ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH TUE. MODERATE TO FRESH 
RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON TUE...AND 
INCREASE TO FRESH TO STRONG BY WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT 
EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE WED NIGHT. THE FRONT 
IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE 
THU NIGHT AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA TO THE YUCATAN 
CHANNEL ON FRI EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES PRES WILL PERSIST NEAR BERMUDA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
DAYS. A COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA MON 
AND TUE. THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD INTO THE 
FORECAST AREA BY EARLY WED. THIS WILL INCREASE TRADEWINDS TO A 
FRESH BREEZE OVER THE SW N ATLC ZONE S OF 25N AS WELL AS THE NW 
PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE. MEANWHILE...FRESH TRADES IN 
THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE WILL DIMINISH LATE TUE/EARLY WED AS THE 
HIGH PRES SYSTEM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY FURTHER FROM THE AREA. FRESH 
TRADES RETURN TO THE ENTIRE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE BY FRI AS THE 
HIGH SHIFTS E AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPROACHING FRONT.
 
CARIBBEAN SEA...
FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS DRIVEN BY THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN 
THE BERMUDA HIGH AND LOWER PRES OVER SOUTH AMERICA WILL PERSIST 
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL APPROACH NEAR GALE FORCE 
NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA WED THROUGH FRI AS THE HIGH SHIFTS 
SOUTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT.
 
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 AL