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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST FRI FEB 10 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 1015 MB LOW IN THE SW GULF NEAR 21N94W WILL MOVE NE AND GET 
ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF 
TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM S FLORIDA TO 21N91W EARLY 
SAT AND THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 
20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. SLY 
RETURN FLOW INCREASE TO 20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF MON AS THE 
HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES E. A WEAK COLD FRONT BRUSHES 
THE NORTHERN GULF TUE.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 29N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...THEN 
CONTINUES AS A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT THROUGH THE STRAITS 
OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TODAY. 
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST TONIGHT AND 
EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO S FLORIDA EARLY SAT AND FROM NEAR BERMUDA 
TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY SUN. THE FRONT STALLS AND DISSIPATES FROM 
22N52W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LAT MON. STRONG WINDS BOTH AHEAD 
AND BEHIND THE FRONT INCREASE TO 20-20 KT SAT AND SUN THEN 
DECREASE MON. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
HIGH PRES OVER CENTRAL ATLC MAINTAINS ELY TRADE IN THE 15-20 KT 
RANGE ACROSS ALL BUT THE NW CARIBBEAN. HOWEVER A COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN BY LATE SAT. THE FRONT THEN STALLS 
AND DISSIPATES FROM 22N62W TO EASTERN CUBA THEN TO THE NE 
YUCATAN BY LATE MON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT. 
HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT.

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 DGS