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AGXX40 KNHC 061944  
MIMATS  
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  
344 PM EDT THU MAY 6 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 EXTENDS FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA TO  
28N90W AND TO 25N96W. THE EASTERN PART OF THE FRONT WILL  
TRANSITION BACK TO A COLD FRONT AND PUSH SOUTHWARD TO THE  
SOUTHEASTERN GULF BY FRI EVENING, WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE  
FRONT WEAKENS AND DISSIPATES. MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN FLOW IS  
EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF THIS WEEKEND AND INTO  
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SHIFTS  
EASTWARD. HAZY SKY CONDITIONS DUE TO AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN  
SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRI NIGHT.  
 
...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN  
55W AND 64W...  
 
A RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL SUPPORT MODERATE TRADE WINDS OVER  
MOST OF THE BASIN THROUGH SAT. STRONGER TRADES ARE LIKELY ACROSS  
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE  
NORTH.  
   
..SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
 
 
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWEST WATERS THU NIGHT, AND  
REACH FROM 31N76W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI MORNING. THE  
NORTHERN PART OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS THE  
NORTHERN FORECAST WATERS THROUGH SAT NIGHT WHILE WEAKENING. A  
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG 31N IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT  
THROUGH SUN NIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD MON NIGHT AS  
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE NORTHWEST WATERS. THE COLD  
FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS  
TUE AND TUE 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 AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.  
 
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