000 AGXX40 KNHC 110830 CCA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 225 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2005 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS... DOMINANT FEATURE CONTROLLING THIS PART OF THE FORECAST AREA IS HIGH PRES RIDGING CENTERED ALONG 30N/31N. RIDGE WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH THU...THEN BEGIN TO SHIFT E FRI AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE FAR NW PORTION PRECEDED WITH INCREASING SLY WINDS TO ABOUT 75W. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE INCREASING NLY FRI AND SAT. THESE WINDS MAY REACH 25-30 KT AND GUSTY SAT AS POSSIBLE FRONTAL WAVE/LOW FORMS ALONG HE FRONT NEAR THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA SAT. ACROSS REMAINDER OF AREA MODELS SUGGEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG WITH BUILDING LARGE NE AND E SWELLS THU THROUGH SAT AS THE HIGH CENTER LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY STRENGTHENS TIGHTENING THE PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THESE WATERS. QUIKSCAT DATA FROM LAST NIGHT INDICATED A VAST AREA OF NE 20-25 KT WINDS MAINLY S OF 25N WITH SEVERAL SHIPS ALSO REPORTING THESE WINDS. WILL MAKE LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT FORECAST WITH RESPECT TO THIS AREA OF WINDS...HOWEVER MAY RAISE SEAS JUST A TAD TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO BUILDING NE SWELL ACROSS LARGE FETCH AREA. CARIBBEAN... LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED TO CURRENT MODERATE NE-E WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRES CENTERED WELL N OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO CONTROL WIND REGIME OVER THE CARIBBEAN. QUIKSCAT DATA FROM NEAR 2300 UTC LAST NIGHT ALSO DEPICTED A LARGE SWATH OF MAINLY NE 20-25 KT WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN N OF 12N E OF 79W AND N OF 17N E OF 83W. AS THE HIGH MOVES E FRI AND SAT AND STRENGTHENS...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND E CARIBBEAN ALONG WITH BUILDING NE SWELLS WITH HIGHER SEA STATE NEAR ALL PASSAGES. WEAKENING FRONT WILL BE LOCATED JUST NW OF THE CARIBBEAN SAT. GULF OF MEXICO... RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT E TONIGHT AND WED AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WED. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE LOW AND HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF WILL KEEP MODERATE SLY FLOW ACROSS THE W GULF THROUGH WED NIGHT. GFS INDICATES THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY ON THU...THEN EXTEND FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI...AND AS A WEAKENING FRONT OVER THE SE GULF FRI AND SAT. STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL HELP INCREASE N-NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT INTO THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE. A STRONGER GRADIENT PINCHED OFF BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE SW GULF MAY LEAD TO HIGHER WINDS NEAR THE MEXICAN C0AST S OF ABOUT 24N FRI AND EARLY SAT. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO 10 FT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND W GULF FRI AND SAT BEHIND THE FRONT. ONCE AGAIN IR NIGHT ENHANCEMENT SATELLITE IMAGERY IS INDICATING AN AREA OF SEA FOG OVER THE E GULF OF MEXICO N OF 27N E OF 85W SLOWLY ADVECTING W. THE SEA FOG IS EXPECETED TO LAST THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1 NM. WITH SE WINDS INCREASING SOME...I DON'T EXPECT ANOTHER REPEAT SCENARIO FOR TONIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. $$ FORECASTER AGUIRRE