000 AGXX40 KNHC 081917 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 235 PM EST MON FEB 08 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE W GULF AS INDICATED BY THE LATEST ASCAT PASS WITH FRESH TO STRONG WINDS PREVAILING. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT WITH NEAR GALE N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT E ACROSS THE GULF AND E OF THE GULF WED NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO FORM OVER THE W GULF THU NIGHT AND MOVE E ALONG 26/27N BEFORE MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FRI NIGHT. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 27N55W TO HISPANIOLA WILL STALL ALONG 20N E OF THE WINDWARD PASSAGE AND WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE NIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE W PART OF THE AREA TUE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO SHIFT OFF THE FLORIDA COAST TUE NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF 29N WITH THE FRONT AS IT SHIFTS E THROUGH THE AREA...BEFORE SHIFTING E OF THE AREA THU. LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR FRI AND SAT...BUT GENERALLY EXPECT LOW PRES TO MOVE FROM GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS FL ALONG 27N INTO SW ATLC TURNING NE AND PASSING S OF BERMUDA SAT. LIKELY TO BE CONVECTIVE NEAR LOW AND ALONG THE ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT THAT IT WILL DRAG ACROSS BAHAMAS SAT. FOR NOW EXPECTING 20 TO 30 KT WINDS TO START LATE FRI THROUGH MOST OF SAT. MARINERS STAY TUNED TO SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS AS THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE PLENTY OF ADJUSTMENTS. CARIBBEAN... A WEAK SHEAR LINE IS EVIDENT ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LATEST ASCAT PASS EXTENDING FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE TUE/EARLY WED. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA WED NIGHT...AND DISSIPATE THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT...AND WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS SAT NIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLC... AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF 73W TUE NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 29N E OF 75W WED AND N OF 29N E OF 65W THU. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL