000 AGXX40 KNHC 201825 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. NE 20 KT WINDS ARE NOW CONFINED TO THE SE AND S CENTRAL GULF. THE HIGH NE OF THE AREA WILL MOVE E AND STRENGTHEN. AS A RESULT THE WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF BECOME SLY AND WINDS OVER THE NE GULF INCREASE TO 15-20 KT. THE WINDS DECREASE THU NIGHT AS THE HIGH CONTINUES TO MOVE E AND COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI AFTERNOON AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SAT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN. SLY WIND WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT N OF 25N AHEAD OF THE FRONT. NLY WINDS OF 20-25 KT AND SEAS 8 TO 10 FT W OF THE FRONT FRI AND SAT THEN DECREASE TO 10-15 KT ON SUN. ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N61W TO 22N77W. THE N PORTION OF THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA AND THE S PORTION DISSIPATES TONIGHT. NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT AND SEAS TO 10 FT W OF THE FRONT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT PRODUCING STRONG NE TO E WINDS N OF AROUND 25N THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE ON FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SE U.S. COAST SAT WITH SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT N OF 27N W OF 73W BY SAT. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SUN. DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM EASTERN CUBA TO 18N83W WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. NLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT ARE STILL NOTED W OF THE FRONT. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN SEA IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS IT DRIFTS NW. ELY TRADES 15-20 KT OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT TONIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. $$ FORECASTER DGS