000 AGXX40 KNHC 011806 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012 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 FROM SE LOUISIANA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY MON AND SE OF AREA MON NIGHT. MODEL GUIDANCE BRING GALE FORCE WINDS W OF FRONT S OF 23N BY MON QUICKLY DIMINISHING TO BELOW GALE FORCE LATE MON NIGHT. ASSOCIATED SEAS BUILD 12-13 FT OVER BAY OF CAMPECHE MON NIGHT THEN SUBSIDE FROM THE NW. SEA WILL BE LESS THEN 8 FT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE WED WITH A WEAK PRES PATTERN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AND END OF THE WEEK. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... COLD FRONT WILL ENTERTHE NW CORNER OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO WESTERN CUBA MON AN FROM BERMUDA TO E CUBA LATE MON NIGHT. GALE FORCE NW WINDS W OF THE FRONT MON NIGHT INTO TUE AND SEAS BUILD TO 20 FT N OF 27N. MODEL GUIDANCE AGREE ON AREAL COVERAGE BUT DISAGREE WITH STRENGTH OF MAXIMUM WINDS. FORECAST HOLDS IT BELOW 40 KT ANYWHERE S OF 31N. GALE CONDITIONS SHIFT E OF 65W LATE TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA WED WITH DECREASING WIND. LARGE SWELL LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STRONG NE-E TRADES CONTINUE...25-30 KT...OVER THE SW AND S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND 20-25 KT ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E OF 83W. WINDS DIMINISH SOME ON TUE. NLY WINDS INCREASE OVER NW CARIBBEAN LATER BEHIND STRONG COLD FRONT TUE. COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA TO HONDURAS TUE. THEN WEAKEN A STALL FROM MONA PASSAGE TO COSTA RICA WED. THE FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE THU. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...WARNING S OF 23N W OF 95W MON. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 27N W OF FRONT MON NIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS