000 AGXX40 KNHC 120714 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... THE INITIAL COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY STALLING OVER THE NE GULF AS EXPECTED. A SECOND REINFORCING FRONTOVER THE NW GULF WILL MERGE WITH INITIAL FRONT LATE TODAY WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY MOVING SE OF ALL GULF WATERS TONIGHT. HIGH PRES CENTER WILL DEVELOP OVER W CENTRAL GULF SAT AND SHIFT E ALONG 24N TO THE CENTRAL WATERS SUN. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP E ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS TO THE N OF THE RIDGE FROM EARLY SAT THROUGH EARLY SUN. A POST FRONTAL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP MON FROM SW LA TO NW CUBA WITH THE HIGH PRES BUILDING MON THROUGH TUE RESULTING IN NLY WINDS INCREASING OVER MOST OF THE GULF TUE, TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... A PERSISTENT FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS TROPICAL ATLC WATERS FROM 18N55W TO THE SOUTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS THEN CONTINUES BUT VERY WEAK WESTWARD WITH SOME EVIDENCE OVER HISPANIOLA. STILL EXPECTING THESE FRONTAL TROUGH REMNANTS TO FINALLY LOSE IDENTITY LATE TONIGHT INTO SAT. FRESH E TRADES PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF CARIBBEAN WATERS WITH SLY RETURN FLOW CONTINUING AT 20 TO 25 KT NW CARIBBEAN. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES INTO YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY TONIGHT...STALLING ALONG A PSN FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO HONDURAS SUN. THE SW EXTENSION OF FRONT WILL MOVE NW SUN NIGHT INTO MON WHILE THE SEGMENT N OF CARIBBEAN MOVES INTO TROPICAL WATERS NEAR 22N65W MON DISSECTING THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 22N58W TO PUERTO RICO TUE. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES CENTER CURRENTLY E OF BERMUDA WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E ALLOWING A REINFORCED COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE W PORTIONS TODAY. MODEL GUIDANCE STILL VARIES BUT WILL GO WITH A BLEND WHICH OF MODELS RESULTING IN A GALE WARNING N OF 28N BETWEEN ABOUT 78W AND 70W FOR THE 12 HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT REACHES FROM 31N67W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT NIGHT... FROM 28N55W TO HISPANIOLA SUN NIGHT....AND FROM 24N55W TO MONA PASSAGE MON NIGHT...AND A FRONTAL TROUGH 22N55W TO VIRGIN ISLANDS TUE NIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N BETWEEN 75W AND 65W TONIGHT. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON