000 AGXX40 KNHC 140732 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST THU FEB 14 2013 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE SW GULF OF MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE FAR SE GULF TODAY THROUGH FRI. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE N GULF LATE FRI NIGHT MERGING WITH THE OLD FRONT. THE NEW FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE GULF...MOVE S OF THE AREA BY SAT EVENING. RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF SUN...INCREASING AND SPREADING E BY LATE SUN AND MON. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO S FLORIDA THIS EVENING WHERE IT WILL STALL. A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE OLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT EVENING AND FROM 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN MORNING. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO GALE FORCE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA SUN THEN BELOW GALE FORCE BY MON. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM 23N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON MORNING. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WILL PERSIST IN THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU WITH MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS ELSEWHERE. LONG PERIOD N SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE S THROUGH THE NE PASSAGES AND THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS TO THE COAST OF S AMERICA...GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THU. A STRONGER FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE STALLED FRONT RAPIDLY PUSHING INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN SAT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO EASTERN HONDURAS SUN MORNING WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH MON. NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .NONE. .GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED AMZ111...AMZ113 SUN AND AMZ 115 SUN NIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS