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AGXX40 KNHC 260646
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST WED DEC 26 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...
STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR TAMPICO 
MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM S FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA THIS EVENING THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG 
NLY WIND IN THE 25-30 KT RANGE W OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE 
TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA. SEAS BUILD 8-11 FT W 
OF THE FRONT TODAY THEN SUBSIDE TONIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT MORNING AND ACROSS 
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE FAR SE GULF SAT NIGHT AND E OF 
THE AREA SUN. STRONG NLY WINDS ONCE AGAIN BEHIND THE FRONT.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
S TO SW WINDS IN THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA INCREASING AHEAD OF 
STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF NE FLORIDA COAST LATER 
TODAY. SW WINDS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO GALE 
FORCE N OF 29N W OF 77W. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N78W TO S 
FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU THEN 
WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO EASTERN CUBA FRI. ANOTHER STRONG COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF FLORIDA SAT AND EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO S 
FLORIDA SUN.
 
CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TRADE WINDS ACROSS 
THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
INTO NW CARIBBEAN THU THEN DISSIPATE FRI. WINDS AND SEAS WILL 
INCREASE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE 
AREA THU THROUGH 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...
.GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF 77W...AMZ111.
  
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS