000 AGXX40 KNHC 100654 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST THU FEB 10 2011 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM A 1012 MB LOW PRES NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO 20N96W. GALE FORCE WINDS W OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE...BUT STILL REMAIN STRONG. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT. WINDS DECREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF FRI AND SAT WITH THE PRES GRADIENT REMAINING TIGHT ENOUGH FOR 20 NE WIND ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE GULF SAT AND EARLY SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF SUN AND MON WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. SW N ATLC... SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN FROM 31N66W TO S FLORIDA TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N69W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT WITH SW WINDS 20-25 KT N OF 27N E OF THE FRONT SAT. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND WINDS DECREASE SUN AND MON. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STATIONARY HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE S CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. THE WINDS DECREASE SOME OVER THE CARIBBEAN FRI THROUGH SUN...BUT REMAIN STRONG OVER THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN SAT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS SUN. NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT NW OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT THEN DISSIPATES MON. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WARNING EARLY TODAY W OF 95W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS