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AGXX40 KNHC 230652
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SUN DEC 23 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...
HIGH PRES NEAR MOBILE BAY WILL MOVE E TODAY. COLD FRONT WILL 
APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF MON THEN STALL AS A STATIONARY FRONT 
N OF 28N MON NIGHT AND TUE. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TUE AND EXTEND FROM SE 
LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS TUE NIGHT AND FROM  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. STRONG SLY 
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT TUE THEN SHIFT TO THE N AT 20-25 KT 
BEHIND THE FRONT TUE NIGHT AND WED. THE WINDS DECREASE THU.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT FROM 23N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL WEAKEN 
TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH TUE AS 
HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES E ALONG 30N. SE TO S WINDS WILL 
INCREASE LATE TUE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED MOVE OFF 
THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE TUE AND EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY  WED...AND FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY 
LATE THU.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...
STRONG NE WINDS...20-25 KT...ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN TODAY 
WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SW AND S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON THROUGH 
THU. LARGE N SWELL E OF THE LEEWARDS INTO THE NE CARIBBEAN AND 
THE WATERS E OF THE WINDWARDS  WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO LESS 
THAN 8 FT BY THU. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN 
THU.

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