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AGXX40 KNHC 301858
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EST SUN DEC 30 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 RIDGE BUILDING E ACROSS THE GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE 
FRONT. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE E TO THE WESTERN ATLC MON ALLOWING 
FOR ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE FAR NW GULF EARLY TUE. 
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 
NE MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN GULF BY LATE TUE. LOW PRES IS FORECAST 
TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN THE NW GULF AND TRACK NE ALONG THE 
FRONT TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY LATE THU AFTERNOON AND NE OF 
THE AREA THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT W OF 
THE FRONT.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT FROM 31N68W SW TO W CUBA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E AND 
EXTEND FROM NEAR 27N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND AS A WEAKENING 
STATIONARY FRONT TO CENTRAL CUBA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE 
FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TO THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA  MON AND 
DISSIPATE. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA ON TUE INTO WED IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT 
FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE AREA N OF 30N ON THU.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...
STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILDING OFF THE SE U.S. COAST AND ACROSS 
THE SW N ATLC THROUGH MON WITH INCREASING TRADES OVER MUCH OF 
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC. ON WED AND THU THE 
HIGH WILL MOVE ESE AND WEAKEN WITH TRADES ACROSS THE AREA 
DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY. LONG PERIOD LARGE NW TO N SWELLS WILL 
IMPACT MOST OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TUE 
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...
.NONE.
  
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS