000 AGXX40 KNHC 300758 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2009 GULF OF MEXICO... WEAK COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH N GULF ALONG 28N STALLING OVER CENTRAL AND W GULF LATER TODAY FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO S TEXAS AND BECOME DIFFUSE BY THU. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILD ACROSS EASTERN GULF THU INTO FRI. S MODERATE BREEZE SETS W OF 95W THU AND FRI AS SECOND COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO SE TEXAS. FRESH SW BREEZE SHIFT E ALONG N GULF COAST FRI AND SAT AS SECOND FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST. WINDS DIMINISH SAT AS FRONT STALLS OVER N GULF AND DISSIPATES SUN. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... FRESH TRADE WINDS PERSIST OVER S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TODAY AS HIGH PRES 1019 MB OVER CENTRAL ATLC MAINTAINS STEADY FLOW OF EASTERLIES ACROSS BASIN. HIGH PRES PUSHED E BY SERIES OF INCOMING FRONTS OFF FLORIDA COAST RELAXING GRADIENT OVER SW N ATLC BY LATE THU THROUGH SUN. MODERATE BREEZE EXPECTED THU THROUGH SUN EXCEPT STRONGER ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA DUE TO 1008 MB LOW PRES OVER NW COAST OF CONTINENT. SW ATLC WATERS S OF 31N W OF 55W... WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N74W TO 27N80W SHIFT SE AND OVERTAKE DISSIPATING FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N66W TO N BAHAMAS TODAY. MERGED FRONTS REACH FROM 30N65W TO S FLORIDA EARLY THU...THEN WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE JUST E OF BAHAMAS FRI. WEAK RIDGE BUILD FROM 31N65W TO N BAHAMAS FRI AND SAT. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES