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AGXX40 KNHC 111921
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
221 PM EST THU DEC 11 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 
FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

STRONG HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
SOUTHWARD OVER THE W CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL DOMINATE THE AREA
THROUGH SAT NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING EASTWARD SUN AND MON. SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF
THE NEXT COLD FRONT THAT WILL ENTER NW WATERS LATE MON.

...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL 
FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM HAITI TO THE SE COAST OF
NICARAGUA WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF LARGE NE AND N SWELLS
HAVE PRODUCED SEAS OF 8 FT AND LARGER ACROSS ALL OF THE TROPICAL N
ATLC AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES...WITH SEAS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BELOW
8 FT SAT. FRESH TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG DIURNALY DRIVEN WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA TONIGHT THROUGH SAT.

...SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 55W INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL 
FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

A COLD FRONT FROM 25N652W TO HAITI WILL REACH FROM 24N65W TO THE
SE BAHAMAS TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE AS A WARM FRONT FROM 29N65W TO
23N70W FRI NIGHT. LARGE NE SWELL DOMINATING ALL AREA WATERS WILL
SUBSIDE TONIGHT THROUGH FRI. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE N
WATERS EARLY FRI...REACHING FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO 28N74W TO 30N80W
FRI NIGHT...FROM 27N65W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT NIGHT AND WEAKEN AS IT
SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH SE WATERS SUN AND MON.

$$

.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.

$$

*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.