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AGXX40 KNHC 110643
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND WILL BE 
ACROSS THE FAR SE GULF LATER THIS MORNING AND E OF THE AREA 
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE 
NW GULF SUN NIGHT...AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY LATE 
MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO RACE E ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS MON NIGHT BUT STALL OVER THE FL 
PANHANDLE TUE NIGHT AND WED.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATER THIS MORNING 
AND EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
FROM BERMUDA TO WINDWARD PASSAGE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 
27N65W TO HISPANIOLA ON SUN THEN FROM 22N65W TO MONA PASSAGE MON 
THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE MON NIGHT INTO TUE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
TO INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE 
FRONT LATER TODAY INTO SUN THEN DECREASE SUN NIGHT. HOWEVER 
LARGE NLY SWELLS WILL REMAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT 
AND MON THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE TUE AND WED.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY AND 
STALLS AND DISSIPATES FROM 22N63W TO THE MONA PASSAGE TO 
NICARAGUA MON AND TUE. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT W OF 
THE FRONT..THEN DIMINISH AND BECOME ELY OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN 
MON NIGHT WITH TRADES BELOW NORMAL ELSEWHERE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

.SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 30N WITHIN 90 NM OF FRONT TONIGHT 
AND EARLY SAT. GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF FRONT SAT NIGHT 
THROUGH SUN...AND ALSO N OF 30N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT.  

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

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FORECASTER DGS