000 AGXX40 KNHC 140557 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM 30N92W TO 26N97W WILL MOVE TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO W YUCATAN PENINSULA WED. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL FROM FL STRAITS TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED NIGHT AND DISSIPATE THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS FRI AND SAT. SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES THU. ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N/28N WILL MOVE E AS NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO SE FLORDIA WED AFTERNOON AND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA THU AFTERNOON AND 31N65W TO HISPANIOLA FRI THEN JUST E OF THE AREA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT N OF AROUND 27N. SE FLOW AT 15-20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SURGES OF 20-25 KT IN SW GULF OF HONDURAS WITH ASSOCIATED SEAS REACHING A MAX OF 8 FT. OTHERWISE NE-E TRADES 15-20 KT WITH WINDS TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. ATLC... .NONE.. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.