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Marine Weather Discussion
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1045 AM EDT Wed May 6 2020

Marine Weather Discussion for the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea,
and Tropical North Atlantic from 07N to 19N between 55W and 64W
and the Southwest North Atlantic including the Bahamas

...GULF OF MEXICO...

A cold front extending from the Florida Big Bend across the
northern Gulf to NE Mexico will reach from near Tampa Bay to NE
Mexico later today, from SW Florida to Tampico, Mexico tonight,
then move south of the basin on Thu while weakening. Fresh to
strong northerly winds are expected in the wake of the front,
but mainly over the eastern half of the Gulf waters. Fresh to
strong southerly winds are expected in the western Gulf on Fri
as a low pressure system develops over the southern U.S. Smoke
from agricultural fires in southern Mexico could cause haze and
reduced visibilities over the SW Gulf the next few days.  

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

High pressure in the central Atlantic will maintain fresh to
strong trade winds in the south-central Caribbean, and moderate
to fresh winds over most of the remainder of the basin through
Fri. Smoke from agricultural fires in northern Central America
may cause haze and reduced visibilities over the Gulf of
Honduras and near the Yucatan Peninsula.  

...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

A cold front will enter the NW waters later today,  extend from
31N70W to the central Bahamas on Thu, then move  across the SE
waters on Fri. Fresh to strong winds are expected  on either
side of the front. Southerly flow will increase over  the NW
portion of the area on Fri night ahead of another cold  front
forecast to move off northern Florida Sat morning and  extend
from 31N65W to the NW Bahamas by Sat night.    

$$

.WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be
coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration 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.nhc.noaa.gov/marine

$$

.Forecaster GR. National Hurricane Center.