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AGXX40 KNHC 060608
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
108 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015

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 OFFICIAL FORECAST.
MWW3 BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN
PENISULA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SE OF THE AREA EARLY MORNING. HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE SAT AND SUN...THEN
SHIFT EAST AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE N CENTRAL
AND NE GULF BY LATE MON. THAT COLD FRONT WILL STALL AND WEAKEN
FROM WESTERN CUBA TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE BY LATE TUE.

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

MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED
WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST OFF THE COAST OF
COLOMBIA THROUGH SUN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN
EARLY TONIGHT...THEN WILL STALL FROM E CUBA SW TO THE GULF OF
HONDURAS EARLY SAT MORNING AND DISSIPATE THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF MON NIGHT AND STALL FROM
EASTERN CUBA TO THE SOUTHERN YUCATAN BY LATE TUE.
 
...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED
WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N65W TO 25N80W WILL MOVE SE AND EXTEND
FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA LATER TODAY...THEN STALL AS A SHEAR
LINE FROM 22N65W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY SAT BEFORE DISSIPATING
LATE SUN THROUGH MON. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE
GEORGIA COAST BY LATE MON...REACHING FROM 31N75W TO 28N80W TUE.

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.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.