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AGXX40 KNHC 130652
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST THU DEC 13 2012

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
STATIONARY FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE W PART OF THE BAY OF 
CAMPECHE. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT WILL 
DECREASE TODAY. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA ACROSS TO 
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATER TODAY THEN THE FRONT WILL BECOME 
DIFFUSE ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TONIGHT. SLY RETURN FLOW 
WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF LATE FRI 
THROUGH SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS 
THE GULF REGION ON MON.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
REINFORCING SURGE OF COOLER AIR WILL PUSH STATIONARY FRONT 
EXTENDING FROM 31N78W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA AS A COLD FRONT FROM 
31N76W TO S FLORIDA LATER TODAY THEN FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS 
OF FLORIDA FRI MORNING THEN BECOME DIFFUSE FRI NIGHT AND SAT. NE 
WINDS 20-25 KT WINDS WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 13 FEET BEHIND THE 
FRONT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 19N W OF 55W...
TRADE WINDS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE TODAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE TROPICAL N ATLC DUE TO STRONG HIGH 
PRES LOCATED NE OF THE AREA. AS USUAL THE HIGHEST SEAS ACROSS 
THE CARIBBEAN ARE NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE RIDGE N OF THE 
AREA WILL MOVE E AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE ATLC COAST. AS 
A RESULT THE PRES GRADIENT AND ASSOCIATED WINDS WILL GRADUALLY 
WEAKEN ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRI. THE FRONT CURRENTLY 
MOVING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL LIKELY ENTER THE FAR NW 
CARIBBEAN BY FRI.

NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT 
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.

SW N ATLANTIC...
.NONE.
  
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS