000 AGXX40 KNHC 160654 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE NW CORNER OF THE GULF REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO FRI EVENING...FROM S FLORIDA TO N OF TAMPICO MEXICO SAT EVENING AND SE OF AREA SUN MORNING. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT RAISING SEAS TO ABOUT 14 FT BY SUN. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH AS THE STRONG HIGH PRES W OF FRONT WEAKENS AND MOVE E SUN THROUGH TUE. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC W OF 55W... A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 70W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI AND THROUGH THE W CARIBBEAN SAT AND SUN. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE CARIBBEAN SEA LATE SAT INTO EARLY SUN AND EXTEND FROM W-CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE LATE SUN AND FROM E-CENTRAL CUBA TO W GULF OF HONDURAS LATE MON. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE TUE. NLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT AND BUILDING SEAS TO 9 FT WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE TRADE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BEHIND THE TROPICAL WAVE AS THE ATLANTIC HIGH BUILDS SW ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN. A RECENT ASCAT PASS IS SHOWING GENTLE TO MODERATE BREEZE OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. SW N ATLC S OF 31N AND W OF 65W... A WARM FRONT FROM 28N65W TO 31N66W WILL MOVE NE OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING SW WINDS N OF 28N. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST LATE FRI AND EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO SE FLORIDA LATE SAT AND FROM 31N70W TO NE CUBA LATE SUN. FRONT STALLS FROM 31N65W TO E-CENTRAL CUBA LATE MON...BECOMING DIFFUSE FROM 29N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TUE. SWLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT TODAY. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NW BEHIND THE FRONT. A LOW IS FORECAST BY THE COMPUTER MODELS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR 32N74W TONIGHT. A SECOND LOW MAY FORM ALONG THE SAME FRONTAL ZONE NEAR 30N75W IN ABOUT 48 HOURS HELPING TO INCREASE THE NW WINDS TO 25 KT OVER THE FAR NW CORNER OF THE AREA. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. $$ FORECASTER GR