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Marine Weather Discussion
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 PM EST Mon Feb 8 2021

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 stationary front is located from near Naples, Florida, NW to
the central gulf near 25N90W to Matagorda Bay in Texas. The
front is forecast to lift N as a warm front today and be north
of the area late tonight. Moist southerly flow may allow areas
of fog across the northwest and north central Gulf through mid
week. Looking ahead, another front will move off the Texas coast
by late Thu and reach from the western Florida Panhandle to the
Bay of Campeche by late Fri.  

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

High pressure north of the Caribbean Sea will support fresh to
strong trade winds over the central and portions of the SW
Caribbean into Fri night. Near gale force winds are expected off
the coast of Colombia nightly through the forecast period,
except tonight where gale conditions are forecast.  

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

A cold front extends from 31N64W to the northern  Bahamas and
then stalls SW into southern Florida. The entire  front will
gradually stall today, then lift north as a warm front  tonight,
and out of the region Tue. The next cold front may not  move off
the SE U.S. coast until Thu or Fri.   

$$

.WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be
coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by
telephone:

.GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ011...NW GULF INCLUDING STETSON BANK...
     GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Sat night.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...
.AMZ031...CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W
INCLUDING COLOMBIA BASIN...
 Gale Warning tonight.

.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 Ramos. National Hurricane Center.