000 AGXX40 KNHC 121706 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SW N ATLC... RIDGE EXTENDING ALONG 73W WILL MOVE E OF AREA TONIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK WED...REACHING FROM 31N76W TO 26N80W WED AFTERNOON...31N72W TO 23N80W WED NIGHT...AND FROM 31N68W TO E CUBA LATE THU. FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI...AND FROM 24N65W TO 20N72W SAT. LOW PRES DEVELOPING N OF AREA BETWEEN BERMUDA AND THE SE UNITED STATES COAST THU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SAT...AND PUSH A SECOND FRONT INTO THE NW PORTION THU AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE FRI. SOME NLY SWELL TO 8 FT OVER E WATERS WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. SEAS PICK UP TO 8-9 FT IN SW FLOW LATE TONIGHT AND WED...THEN BUILD FURTHER TO 10 FT AND HIGHER BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT. MOST OF THE HIGHER SEAS WILL STAY N OF 25N...WITH SOME HIGHER NORTHERLY SWELL MAKING ITS WAY TO S PORTION OF AREA ON SAT. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT FROM MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO 19N96W WILL MOVE E TO ALONG 30N86W 24N90W 19N94W THIS AFTERNOON...29N83W TO 19N93W TONIGHT...THEN MOVE THROUGH SE PORTION OF AREA WED BEFORE MOVING SE OF AREA BY WED NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER W GULF BEHIND FRONT...WITH STRONGER HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER SE UNITED STATES AND E GULF SAT. SLY WINDS REMAINING NEAR 20 KT AHEAD OF FRONT TODAY MAINLY OVER N WATERS...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SPEEDS BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL STAY HIGHER E OF 90W INTO THE WEEKEND AS LOW PRES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST KEEPS THE GRADIENT TIGHTER ACROSS THIS AREA. W OF 90W...WINDS STAY 15 KT OR LESS AS WEAK HIGH PRES SETTLES OVER THAT AREA. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HIGH PRES NE OF AREA WILL BUILD INTO E CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC WED INTO FRI...THEN WEAKEN LATE FRI AND SAT. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM E CUBA TO BELIZE LATE THU THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER SE UNITED STATES SAT...INCREASING WINDS OVER NW CARIBBEAN. WINDS DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON FRI AS HIGH WEAKENS. STRONGER WINDS SHIFT TO W CARIBBEAN ON SAT AS NEW HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE UNITED STATES. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER FT 000 AGXX40 KNHC 121706 RRA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2005 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SW N ATLC... RIDGE EXTENDING ALONG 73W WILL MOVE E OF AREA TONIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK WED...REACHING FROM 31N76W TO 26N80W WED AFTERNOON...31N72W TO 23N80W WED NIGHT...AND FROM 31N68W TO E CUBA LATE THU. FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI...AND FROM 24N65W TO 20N72W SAT. LOW PRES DEVELOPING N OF AREA BETWEEN BERMUDA AND THE SE UNITED STATES COAST THU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SAT...AND PUSH A SECOND FRONT INTO THE NW PORTION THU AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE FRI. SOME NLY SWELL TO 8 FT OVER E WATERS WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. SEAS PICK UP TO 8-9 FT IN SW FLOW LATE TONIGHT AND WED...THEN BUILD FURTHER TO 10 FT AND HIGHER BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT. MOST OF THE HIGHER SEAS WILL STAY N OF 25N...WITH SOME HIGHER NORTHERLY SWELL MAKING ITS WAY TO S PORTION OF AREA ON SAT. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT FROM MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO 19N96W WILL MOVE E TO ALONG 30N86W 24N90W 19N94W THIS AFTERNOON...29N83W TO 19N93W TONIGHT...THEN MOVE THROUGH SE PORTION OF AREA WED BEFORE MOVING SE OF AREA BY WED NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER W GULF BEHIND FRONT...WITH STRONGER HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER SE UNITED STATES AND E GULF SAT. SLY WINDS REMAINING NEAR 20 KT AHEAD OF FRONT TODAY MAINLY OVER N WATERS...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SPEEDS BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL STAY HIGHER E OF 90W INTO THE WEEKEND AS LOW PRES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST KEEPS THE GRADIENT TIGHTER ACROSS THIS AREA. W OF 90W...WINDS STAY 15 KT OR LESS AS WEAK HIGH PRES SETTLES OVER THAT AREA. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HIGH PRES NE OF AREA WILL BUILD INTO E CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC WED INTO FRI...THEN WEAKEN LATE FRI AND SAT. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM E CUBA TO BELIZE LATE THU THROUGH SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER SE UNITED STATES SAT...INCREASING WINDS OVER NW CARIBBEAN. WINDS DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON FRI AS HIGH WEAKENS. STRONGER WINDS SHIFT TO W CARIBBEAN ON SAT AS NEW HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE UNITED STATES. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER FT