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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

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... 
COLD FRONT OVER THE NW GULF WILL MOVE SE...EXTENDING FROM
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO VERACRUZ LATE TODAY...THEN CLEAR THE
GULF MON. STRONG NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY THROUGH
TUE WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 11 FT. WINDS DECREASE WED AND THU AS
HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF.   

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
HIGH PRES CENTERED BETWEEN BERMUDA AND PUERTO RICO WILL
MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TODAY. STRONG SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP
N OF 27N AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO ENTER NW PORTION
OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N69W
TO S FLORIDA LATE MON AND FROM 27N65W TO E CUBA TUE AND
FROM 22N65W TO HISPANIOLA WED AND E OF THE AREA THU.
STRONG NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT WITH NEAR GALE FORCE N OF
30N BEHIND THE FRONT MON NIGHT INTO TUE. WINDS DECREASE WED
AND THU HOWEVER LARGE NW SWELL E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...
HIGH PRES CENTERED BETWEEN BERMUDA AND PUERTO RICO WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE E-SE ACROSS SW N ATLC TODAY AND PRODUCE FRESH
TRADES ACROSS CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. FRESH TO STRONG S TO SE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING GULF OF HONDURAS
AND YUCATAN CHANNEL THROUGH TODAY THEN DECREASE TONIGHT. COLD
FRONT WILL ENTER YUCATAN CHANNEL MON EVENING AND STALL FROM E
CUBA TO S BELIZE WED THEN WEAKEN THU. STRONG NE WINDS W OF THE
FRONT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10 WED.

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2013...TAFB GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS FOR 10M 
WINDS...10M WIND GUSTS...SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS AND HAZARDS 
ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) 
ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS AT: HTTP://PREVIEW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAPHICAL

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT 
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIFICATION/PNS13OFFSHORE_HIGHSEAS.HTM

NOTE...EFFECTIVE 25 MARCH 2013 GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS AT 
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WILL BE DISCONTINUED. 

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FORECASTER DGS