000 AGXX40 KNHC 310617 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 120 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT FROM FL BIG BEND TO SW BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE SE OF AREA THIS AFTERNOON LEAVING A SMALL SEGMENT OF FRONT TO SLOWLY DISSIPATE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. BEHIND FRONT NLY WINDS TO 20 KT WILL VEER TO S WED. LOW PRES EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY NE ALONG TEXAS COAST WED NIGHT TRAILING A COLD FRONT INTO THE NW WATERS AROUND SUNRISE THU. AHEAD OF THE FRONT A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL SET UP MOVING INLAND THE NE GULF COAST THU WITH SLY WINDS 20-25 KT OVER THE MIDDLE AND E GULF N OF 27N. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TX COAST FRI AFTERNOON AND RACES SE OF GULF SAT EVENING. NLY FLOW EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO GALE NW GULF LATE FRI...SW GULF FRI NIGHT...AND N PORTION MIDDLE ZONE SAT. SW N ATLC... COLD FRONT ALONG GA COAST ATTM...GALE WARNING POSTED N OF 29N E AND W OF FRONT. I ALREADY EXTENDED LENGTH OF GALE AN ADDITIONAL 6 HRS ON THE 24 HOUR WIND WAVE VALID AT 06Z WED WHICH WAS JUST DISSEMINATED. STRONG PORTION OF THIS FRONT EXITS OFFSHORE ZONES LATE WED AND E OF DISCUSSION AREA ALONG 55W THU...WITH A WEAKENING FRONTAL SEGMENT LIKELY TO PERSIST ALONG 24N-26N E OF 65W INTO FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA WED NIGHT AND EARLY THU WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION THU NIGHT AND FRI WITH NEXT STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF FL COAST SAT AFTERNOON. SLY WINDS E OF FRONT EXPECTED TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 25-30 KT BUT ONLY 20-25 KT W OF FRONT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... SSMI DATA AND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Q-SCAT DATA INDICATES 20-25 KT NE WINDS 11N-17N E OF 80W. THESE TRADES SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO 15-20 KT BY THU THEN STRENGTHEN GAIN SAT IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N E AND W OF COLD FRONT. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. GALE WARNING EXPECTED OUTLOOK PERIOD GMZ080...GMZ082 AND GMZ084. FORECASTER NELSON