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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
STRONG HIGH PRES ACROSS THE GULF WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES E 
THROUGH MON NIGHT. NLY WINDS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE ACROSS MUCH 
OF THE AREA WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE NE GULF TONIGHT. HOWEVER 
SLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF WITH SE WINDS 20-25 KT N 
OF AROUND 24N W OF 94W TONIGHT WILL THEN SPREAD E ACROSS THE 
ENTIRE GULF MON. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON 
NIGHT THEN MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TUE AND STALL THEN 
LIFT N ON WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
EARLY THU AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS THU AFTERNOON. 
NE WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. 

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 26N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THIS AFTERNOON THEN 
MOVE E OF THE AREA MON. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE N OF 29N 
W OF FRONT TO 70W TODAY THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE 
TONIGHT. LARGE SWELLS UP TO 20 FT ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA THEN 
SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. HIGH PRES BUILDS 
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR N 
PORTION OF THE AREA WED AND THU.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM HISPANIOLA TO HONDURAS LATER TODAY THEN  STALL AND 
WEAKEN THEN DISSIPATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL BRUSH THE NW PORTION 
OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE EARLY MON WHERE IT WILL STALL AND 
WEAKEN THROUGH TUE AND DISSIPATE BY EARLY WED. HIGH PRESSURE 
WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT N OF THE AREA THROUGH 
MIDWEEK WITH MODERATE TO FRESH TRADEWINDS PREVAILING.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

.SW N ATLC...
.AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 70W.  

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

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FORECASTER AL