000 AGXX40 KNHC 051736 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 PM EST THU FEB 05 2004 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH A 1008 MB LOW ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 27N95W. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE AND BE INLAND EARLY TONIGHT. SLY 20 KT WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT AND FRI DECREASE FRI NIGHT. NLY WIND W OF THE FRONT 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI. THE WINDS THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT BY LATE FRI AND FRI NIGHT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE GULF LATE SAT BUT STRONG NLY WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF. SE WINDS 20 KT OVER THE NW ATLC TONIGHT AND FRI AHEAD TO THE GULF OF MEXICO FRONT. THE FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST FRI NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH PRES TO THE E BRINGS WINDS UP TO 30 KT N OF AROUND 27N W OF 72W. BY LATE SAT THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO 25N80W. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA WILL FINALLY DECREASE BY SAT AS COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC AND HIGH PRES MOVES E. WITH THE HIGH MOVING E THIS BRINGS 25 KT WINDS TO TROPICAL ATLC BY SAT. OUTLOOK... WIND DECREASE FROM W TO E ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AS SURFACE HIGH PRES MOVES E THROUGH SE U.S. SUN AND INTO THE ATLC MON. SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO MON THEN THE NEXT FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE TUE. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT IN THE ATLC SAT NIGHT AND SUN...THEN THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY TO THE E AND WEAKENS MON. HOWEVER STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE 20 TO 25 KT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MON THEN WEAK SOME ON TUE. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE SAT NIGHT THEN BECOMES DIFFUSE MON. 20 TO 25 KT TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC THROUGH TUE. WARNINGS... NONE. DGS