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AGXX40 KNHC 080729
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST WED FEB 08 2012

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK TROUGH EXTEND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO W TIP OF CUBA 
DRIFTING NE OUT OF BASIN TODAY LEAVING BROAD HIGH PRES CENTER 
OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS CONTROLLING GULF WATERS WITH A MODERATE TO 
FRESH NE BREEZE.  WEAK SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS TODAY OVER BAY OF 
CAMPECHE INCREASING NE WINDS TO STRONG W OF 90W AND BUILDING 
SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.  BOTH...HIGH PRES CENTER AND LOW PRES 
TROUGH...INTENSIFY SAT AND SUN WITH NE WINDS REACHING NEAR GALE 
FORCE ALONG LARGE SWATH ACROSS GULF WATERS FROM 23N TO 27N AND 
SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. 
 
SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO NW BAHAMAS INTO 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA TODAY EXPECTED TO DRIFT TO REACH 31N65W TO 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE THU AND STALL.  COLD FRONT ENTERS NW CORNER 
OF BASING LATE FRI BRINGING STRONG N-NE WINDS...MERGING WITH 
TROUGH AND FORCE E OF BASIN LATE SAT.  SOUTHERN PART OF FRONT 
STALLS ALONG 25N AND MAINTAINS FRESH TO STRONG BREEZE TO ITS N 
WITH LARGE LONG PERIOD NLY SWELLS.  HIGH PRES CENTER N OF AREA
EVENTUALLY FORCES FRONT FURTHER S BEYOND FORECAST PERIOD. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES SITS STUBBORNLY OVER CENTRAL ATLC MAINTAINING A STEADY 
FLOW OF FRESH TO STRONG ELY BREEZE ACROSS MOST OF BASIN EXCEPT 
STRONGER NE WINDS ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA DUE TO PRESENCE OF 
THERMAL LOW PRES 1009 MB OVER THAT COUNTRY.  CONDITIONS REMAIN 
WITH LITTLE CHANGE THROUGHOUT FORECAST PERIOD DESPITE TROUGHS... 
FRONTS AND RIDGES CRUISING ACROSS SW N ATLC. 

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

.SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC...
.NONE.

.CARIBBEAN SEA...
.NONE. 
    
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES