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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST WED FEB 15 2012

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 27N92W. THE 
FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TODAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM MISSISSIPPI TO 
NE MEXICO THU THEN STALL FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA TO BAY OF 
CAMPECHE FRI. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 
20 KT OR LESS. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES WILL FORM OVER THE NW 
GULF FRI NIGHT AND SAT THEN RACE E-NE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF 
INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE 
LOW TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE 
AREA SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
HIGH PRES RIDGE FROM 31N69W TO S FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN LATER TODAY.
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST FRI AND EXTEND FROM  
31N65W TO 29N75W SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN AS ANOTHER STRONGER 
FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO S 
FLORIDA SUN. WINDS INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N SUN 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 22N61W TO 19N65W WILL DISSIPATE 
LATER TODAY. LARGE NW SWELLS ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL 
SUBSIDE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF THE AREA ALONG 28N WILL 
MAINTAIN MODERATE-FRESH E-NE TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION 
THROUGH SAT. TRADE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUN AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS E 
OF 60W. A COLD FRONT NEARING THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL CAUSE 
WINDS N OF 18N IN THE NW CARIBBEAN TO LIGHTEN AND VEER S-SE 
SUN.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

.SW N ATLC...
.NONE.  

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

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FORECASTER DGS