000 AGXX40 KNHC 301835 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 235 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... A PAIR OF MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...INITIATING CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NW GULF...AND WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 26N87W TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. OTHERWISE...A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS ALONG 25N FROM THE WESTERN ATLC TO NORTHERN MEXICO. A WEAK HIGH PRES AREA WILL FORM ALONG THIS RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH PRES...WEAK SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OFF THE TEXAS COAST...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO ON WED. FRESH NW WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...THAT WILL EXTEND FROM WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE NE COAST OF MEXICO BY LATE WED. SOUTHWEST N ATLC FROM 19N TO 31N W OF 55W... A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N63W TO 30N67W TO 31N72W WILL SHIFT E THROUGH TONIGHT...LEAVING HIGH PRES ALONG 25N. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH SUN N OF 27N BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD N OF THE AREA FROM THE CAROLINAS TO BERMUDA. A TROUGH WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...LEAVING MODERATE NW FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUN INTO MON BEHIND THE TROUGH. WINDS N OF 29N WILL INCREASE AGAIN MON AHEAD OF ANOTHER...STRONGER...COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF 31N BY MON NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH AND EXTEND FROM 27N55W TO 26N65W TO 28N72W BY LATE TUE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH TUE AS THE FRONT SHIFTS EAST...BUT NORTH SWELL WITH HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 13 FT WILL PUSH AS FAR S AS 24N E OF 70W BY WED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL ATLC S OF 19N W OF 55W... FRESH NE-E TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...EXCEPT FOR ENHANCED FLOW NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF COLOMBIA OCCASIONALLY TO 20-25 KT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS AND E CARIBBEAN TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MON. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN 000 AGXX40 KNHC 301835 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 235 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... A PAIR OF MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...INITIATING CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NW GULF...AND WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 26N87W TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. OTHERWISE...A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS ALONG 25N FROM THE WESTERN ATLC TO NORTHERN MEXICO. A WEAK HIGH PRES AREA WILL FORM ALONG THIS RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH PRES...WEAK SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OFF THE TEXAS COAST...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO ON WED. FRESH NW WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...THAT WILL EXTEND FROM WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE NE COAST OF MEXICO BY LATE WED. SOUTHWEST N ATLC FROM 19N TO 31N W OF 55W... A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 31N63W TO 30N67W TO 31N72W WILL SHIFT E THROUGH TONIGHT...LEAVING HIGH PRES ALONG 25N. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH SUN N OF 27N BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD N OF THE AREA FROM THE CAROLINAS TO BERMUDA. A TROUGH WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...LEAVING MODERATE NW FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUN INTO MON BEHIND THE TROUGH. WINDS N OF 29N WILL INCREASE AGAIN MON AHEAD OF ANOTHER...STRONGER...COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF 31N BY MON NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH AND EXTEND FROM 27N55W TO 26N65W TO 28N72W BY LATE TUE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH TUE AS THE FRONT SHIFTS EAST...BUT NORTH SWELL WITH HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 13 FT WILL PUSH AS FAR S AS 24N E OF 70W BY WED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL ATLC S OF 19N W OF 55W... FRESH NE-E TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...EXCEPT FOR ENHANCED FLOW NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF COLOMBIA OCCASIONALLY TO 20-25 KT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS AND E CARIBBEAN TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MON. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN