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AGXX40 KNHC 040529
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
129 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2014

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN
SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND
64W...AND THE SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS.

...GULF OF MEXICO...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL.
MWW3 USED FOR WAVES. MED CONFIDENCE.

COLD FRONT MOVING SE ACROSS THE NW GULF EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE WILL EXTEND FROM N FLORIDA
NEAR 29N83W TO UPPER MEXICAN COAST NEAR 25N98W LATER THIS MORNING...THEN
BEGIN TO STALL ACROSS W PORTIONS FROM 25N98W TO SW FLORIDA NEAR
NAPLES BY THIS EVENING. THE E PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE SE TONIGHT THROUGH SUN...EXTENDING FROM STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TO COAST OF NW CUBA NEAR TO 24N86W...WHILE W PORTIONS
SHIFT N AS WARM FRONT INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. WEAKENING REMNANTS OF E
PORTION OF FRONT WILL DRIFT N ACROSS THE SE GULF MON NIGHT THROUGH
TUE.
  
...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 
55W AND 64W...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL. 
MWW3 USED FOR WAVES. MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE.
  
THE EASTERLY TRADES CONTINUE AT 20 KT ACROSS THE S-CENTRAL AND 
PORTIONS OF THE SW CARIBBEAN AREA WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF 25 KT 
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NW COAST OF COLOMBIA EACH NIGHT. THE 
GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ON SUN AND MON NIGHTS WITH MOSTLY 25 KT 
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATERS FROM 11-17N BETWEEN 70-82W WITH 
SEAS BUILDING TO 11 FT. MIXED N AND E SWELL WILL MAINTAIN 
COMBINED SEAS OF 7-8 FT ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS THROUGH 
THE PERIOD.  
       
...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL. 
MWW3 USED FOR WAVES. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE.

A COLD FRONT  ACROSS N PORTIONS FROM 27N65W TO 27N72W AND WILL
MOVE E AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS EARLY SAT...REACH FROM 31N74W TO PORT ST
LUCIE FLORIDA SAT THEN REACH FROM 31N69W THROUGH STRAITS OF
FLORIDA TO NW CUBA SUN AFTERNOON...WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH
MON BEFORE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT N TO NW MON NIGHT THROUGH
WED.

$$

.WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE
COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE:

.GULF OF MEXICO...
     NONE.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...
     NONE.

.SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...
     NONE.

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*FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTAFBPROD.SHTML#OWF

NOTE: GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) AT:
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/MARINE/GRIDS.PHP

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANE WARNINGS.GOV/MARINE

$$

.FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.