000 AGXX40 KNHC 060704 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST SAT FEB 06 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... CDFNT MOVING THROUGH EASTERN FL STRAITS ATTM. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND SE FROM TX TO NW CUBA BY SUN THEN THE PARENT HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E OVER SOUTHERN CONUS WITH SURFACE RIDGE BECOMING ORIENTATED FROM NW FL TO NE MEXICO MON AND SHIFTING E ON TUE. THIS WILL ALLOW THE NEXT CDFNT ALONG TX COAST MON NIGHT RACING E AND PASSING THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FL TUE NIGHT BUT LEAVING SOME REMNANTS ALONG THE THE SW GULF THROUGH WED NIGHT. GUIDANCE NOW HINTING AT VERY SMALL AREA OF MINIMAL GULF CONDITIONS IN CAA OVER THE SW GULF BRIEFLY MIDDAY TUE....WILL GO WITH MAX OF 30 KT FOR NOW. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... BROAD FRONTAL REMNANTS EXTEND E TO W ALONG 20N FROM 55W TO 66W THEN TURN NW AND N COVERING THE WATERS FROM 65W TO 72W MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PSN A WARM BOUNDARY AS THESE REMNANT CLOUDS LIFT NE. NEXT COLD FRONT OFFSHORE GA AND FL ATTM ALONG ROUGHLY 31N77W TO 27N80W AND PRECEDED BY A SQUALL LINE NOW MOVING THROUGH THE BAHAMA CHANNEL. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT IN SLY FLOW N OF 28N AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WITH CONDITIONS SHIFTING E OF 65W SUNSET TODAY AND E OF 55W AROUND SUNRISE SUN. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MINIMAL GALE IN CAA BEHIND FRONT JUST N OF FORECAST WATERS NEAR 31.5N70W LATE TODAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUN THEN SUPPORT LIFTS FURTHER N. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHERN WATERS SUN BECOMING SE TO THE W OF 70W EARLY MON NIGHT CONTINUING TO CLOCK TO THE S BY SUNRISE TUE. NEXT FRONT OFF GA AND NE FL COASTS TUE NIGHT REACHING FROM BERMUDA TO SE BAHAMAS AROUND SUNRISE THU. NLY SWELLS CURRENTLY PROPAGATING S HAVE REACHED ALONG 20N AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE TROPICAL WATERS ALONG 15N LATE TODAY AND THE COAST OF S AMERICA LATE SUN. THESE N SWELLS WILL ALSO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE BAHAMA AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES E OF 73W. CARIBBEAN... PRES GRADIENT HAS RELAXED SOMEWHAT AS COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN. THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT SLOWLY SE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SUN THROUGH MON WHILE IT WASHES OUT FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA. LITTLE CHANGE TILL NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES INTO YUCATAN CHANNEL TUE NIGHT AND DISSIPATES OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WED INTO THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N E OF FRONT TODAY... CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON