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AGXX40 KNHC 251742
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT MON MAR 25 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 FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA MOVES OUT OF BASIN EARLY TODAY. STRONG TO NEAR GALE 
N-NE WINDS BEHIND FRONT START DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON AND 
BECOME BECOME A MODERATE E TO SE BREEZE BY EARLY WED.  HIGH PRES
CENTER 1027 MB BUILDS OVER NE GULF THEN DRIFT E THROUGH SAT WITH
MAINLY GENTLE E-SE BREEZE AND SEAS 4-5 FT. 

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
COLD FRONT FROM 31N74W TO 25N80W MOVE RAPIDLY E AND REACH FROM
31N62W TO 21N75W EARLY TUE AND FROM 26N65W TO NW HAITI LATE TUE.
FRONT MOVE E OF AREA BY THU.  STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NW WINDS
PREVAIL N OF 30N BEHIND FRONT TODAY INTO TUE.  WINDS DIMINISH 
WED AND THU HOWEVER LARGE NW SWELL WILL LINGER E OF BAHAMAS
THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...

RETREATING BROAD CENTRAL ATLC HIGH PRES ALONG 22N FORCED E BY
APPROACHING SW N ATLC COLD FRONT MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH E-SE
TRADES ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN.  FRESH TO STRONG SE
TO S BREEZE WINDS OVER NW CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING GULF OF HONDURAS
AND YUCATAN CHANNEL...QUICKLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES SE GULF OF MEXICO.  FRONT ENTERS YUCATAN CHANNEL 
TODAY AND STALL FROM E CUBA TO S BELIZE WED...THEN DISSIPATE THU.

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 WALLY BARNES