000 AGXX40 KNHC 091738 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST THU MAR 09 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY HUGGING THE TEXAS COAST AND BUOYS ARE INDICATING THAT THE WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 15 KT BUT LARGE SWELLS PERSIST. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT AND NOT MAKE IT INTO THE OFFSHORE WATERS. MODERATE TO STRONG SLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MON THEN THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON. THE FRONT THEN MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE GULF AND EXTENDS FROM APALACHEE BAY TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE MORNING. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT W OF THE FRONT TUE. HIGH PRES IN THE ATLC JUST N OF THE AREA IS MOVING E AND SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW PART OF THE ATLC ZONE. BUOYS OFF THE FLORIDA COAST STILL INDICATING S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BUT THE GFS AND THE NAM BRING WINDS UP TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT THEN DECREASE FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON AS RIDGE BECOMES ALIGNED ALONG 31N. LARGE NNE SWELLS WILL LINGER OVER THE SE PART OF THE AREA THROUGH MON...WITH STRONG ELY FLOW EXPECTED S OF 26N SAT THROUGH MON THEN DECREASE TUE AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES ALONG THE ATLC COAST TUE AND SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN SHOULD INCREASE TO 25-30 KT TONIGHT AS THE ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS. ALSO E-SE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN INCLUDING THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS EVENING AND UP TO 20-25 KT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SAT...THEN DECREASE TO 15-20 KT SUN THROUGH TUE. THE WINDS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN ALSO DECREASE ON TUE AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E. THE FRONT IN THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. BUT LARGE NW SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SWD THROUGH THE PERIOD. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS