000 AGXX40 KNHC 240604 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDING FROM NW FLORIDA TO THE N COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 20N WILL MOVE N AS A WARM FRONT TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE GULF LATE TONIGHT AS A LOW PRES DEVELOPS IN THE NE GULF NEAR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TO CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO EARLY SUN AND SE OF THE AREA LATE SUN NIGHT OR EARLY MON. NLY 20 TO 25 KT WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT SAT AND SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDS NW OF THE FRONT MON AND TUE WITH DECREASING WINDS. ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO 28N81W WILL MOVE TO 25N65W TO 23N80W THIS EVENING...THEN DISSIPATE SAT. HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE AREA W OF THE FRONT TONIGHT AND SAT. THE HIGH MOVES E OF 65W AS LOW PRES...WITH GALE FORCE WIND...MOVES OFF THE GEORGIA COAST LATE SAT NIGHT. THE LOW INTENSIFIES SUN WITH THE GFS BRING WINDS TO NEAR STORM FORCE. HOWEVER THE NAM...NOGAPS...UKMET AND CANADIAN MODELS ARE NOT AS STRONG...S WILL GO WITH STRONG GALE CONDITIONS OVER THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE ZONE SUN. COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N69W TO 22N79W SUN AND 23N65W TO 20N73W MON AND E OF THE ARE TUE. LOWER THAN NORMAL PRESS OVER NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA WILL CONTINUE STRONG WINDS OVER THE CARIBBEAN WITH GALE CONDITIONS NEAR COLOMBIA THROUGH SAT. ON SUN THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG NEAR THE N COAST OF COLOMBIA. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN AND EXTEND FROM S CENTRAL CUBA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SUN AND WEAKEN FROM HISPANIOLA TO HONDURAS MON AND DISSIPATE BY TUE. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... GALE WARNING FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 77W...ZONES AMZ084 AND AMZ086. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS