000 AGXX40 KNHC 220521 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013 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... WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM W CUBA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND WILL BECOME DIFFUSE BY EARLY MORNING. HIGH PRES OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WILL SHIFT E THROUGH FRI TO PRODUCE RETURN FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF BASIN FRI AND SAT. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW GULF SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN THEN PUSH SE OF THE GULF MON. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... COLD FRONT FROM 26N65W SW THROUGH EXTREME SE BAHAMAS TO N CENTRAL CUBA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES E OF THE AREA FRI. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT SE BEHIND FRONT AND PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP N OF 27N AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT...EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN FLORIDA SUN...AND EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO NORTHERN CUBA MON. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES SHIFTING SE ACROSS THE SW N ATLC OVER THE WEEKEND WILL FRESHEN TRADES ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WHILE FRESH TO STRONG SE WINDS DEVELOP IN THE NW CARIBBEAN INCLUDING THE GULF OF HONDURAS AND YUCATAN CHANNEL. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .NONE. EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2013...TAFB GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS FOR 10M WINDS...10M WIND GUSTS...SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS AND HAZARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS AT: HTTP://PREVIEW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAPHICAL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIFICATION/PNS13OFFSHORE_HIGHSEAS.HTM NOTE...EFFECTIVE 25 MARCH 2013 GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WILL BE DISCONTINUED. $$ FORECASTER DGS