000 AGXX40 KNHC 110658 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 AM EST FRI FEB 11 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... AT 11/0000 UTC...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SOUTH FL ACROSS THE SE PORTION OF THE GULF INTO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA. NLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT AND SEAS UP TO 13 FT CAN BE FOUND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WHICH IS FORECAST TO SAG FURTHER TO THE SE AND STALL BRIEFLY NEAR THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TODAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING...BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF LATE TODAY AND SAT AS MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE ENERGY DIGS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI...DELIVERING REINFORCING COLD AIR AND RESURGENT HIGH PRES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. WINDS DIMINISH SUN AND MON AS THE AIRMASS MODIFIES AND THE HIGH PRES WEAKENS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. THE SURFACE HIGH PRES SHIFTS E ON TUE...AHEAD OF DEEPENING LOW PRES OVER THE PLAINS...ALLOWING SE RETURN FLOW TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES NE OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG TRADES FROM THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES THROUGH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN INTO SAT. THE COLD FRONT THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BRIEFLY STALL ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TODAY BEFORE A PUSH OF COOLER AIR AND STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO NUDGES THE FRONT FURTHER INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE BY EARLY SAT...AND FROM EASTERN CUBA THE GULF OF HONDURAS BY LATE SAT...THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NE NICARAGUA LATE SUN. EXPECT FRESH TO STRONG NLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS UP TO 10 FT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N70W TO SE FLORIDA WILL STALL AND LARGELY DISSIPATE FROM 31N65W TO 27N80W THIS MORNING. WEAK LOW PRES WILL FORM ALONG DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BY LATE TODAY AND SHIFT NE...BRINGING A NEW SHOT COLD AIR OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE REINFORCED FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY EARLY SAT FOLLOWED BY FRESH NW WINDS...FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO EASTERN CUBA BY LATE SAT...THEN WILL BEGIN TO STALL OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA LATE SUN BEFORE DISSIPATING MON. HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL EXTEND A RIDGE OVER THE N WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY MON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT N OF 29N LATE MON INTO TUE AS LOW PRES SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE NE CONUS AND MOVES EWD INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER GR