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AGXX40 KNHC 090802
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
310 AM EST THU FEB 09 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 1016 MB LOW PRES DEVELOPED AT 20N93W EMBEDDED IN E-W TROUGH 
TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA.  ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRES CENTER 1030 MB 
OVER SE STATES MAINTAINS TIGHT PRES GRADIENT WITH STEADY FLOW OF 
MODERATE TO FRESH E-NE BREEZE ACROSS REMAINDER OF BASIN.  MODEL 
GUIDANCE DRIVE LOW PRES CENTER N-NE THROUGH SAT AS HIGH PRES 
DRIFTS E INTO ATLC...BUT DISSIPATE IT WITHIN 72 HRS WHEN NEW 
RIDGE BUILD OVER SOUTHERN STATES.  NEW RIDGE BRINGS BACK FRESH 
TO STRONG E-NE FLOW WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10-12 FT IN E SWELL W 
OF 90W BY LATE SUN.  

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
WEAK LOW PRES AT 29N74W WITH STATIONARY TROUGH EXTENDING SW TO 
SE FLORIDA WILL BE SWEPT AWAY BY INCOMING COLD FRONT PRESENTLY 
FROM 31N75W TO 28N80W MOVING E.  MERGED BOUNDARY WILL REACH FROM 
31N66W TO NW BAHAMAS THU...FROM 29N65W TO 26N72W FRI AND E OF 
BASIN SAT. SECOND AND STRONGER COLD FRONT ENTER NW CORNER EARLY 
SAT WITH STRONG SW WINDS AHEAD OF BOUNDARY AND STRONG TO NEAR 
GALE FORCE WINDS BEHIND IT.  BY EARLY SUN MOST OF BASIN N OF 26N 
IS UNDER STRONG NORTHERLIES AND SEAS TO 9-12 FT AND REACHING 15 
FT EXTREME NE CORNER OF SW N ATLC ZONE.  

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES OVER CENTRAL ATLC MAINTAINS STEADY FLOW OF FRESH ELY 
BREEZE ACROSS MOST OF BASIN EXCEPT AROUND COAST OF COLOMBIA HERE 
THERMAL LOW PRES 1010 MB INCREASES NE WINDS TO 25 KT.  WINDS 
DIMINISH SAT AS RIDGE PUSHES E AND LOW PRES WEAKENS.  PREVIOUS 
SWELL HAS SUBSIDED AND SEAS GENERALLY BELOW 8 FT EXCEPT ALONG 
COAST OF COLOMBIA.  TAIL END OF STRONG COLD FRONT ENTERING SW N 
ATLC REACHES INTO YUCATAN CHANNEL AND ENTERS NW CARIBBEAN LATE 
SAT AND SUN WITH STRONG N-NE BREEZE MAINLY N OF 17N W OF 78W. 

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