000 AGXX40 KNHC 011726 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST WED MAR 01 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY OVER THE S CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO FROM 25N88W TO EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGE IS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF ALONG 27N. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE THU NIGHT AS THEN NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE N GULF COAST. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NW FLORIDA TO S TEXAS FRI AFTERNOON THEN DISSIPATE ALONG 25N/26N SAT. HIGH PRES MOVES ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. THE NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN GULF MON. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD. RIDGE IN THE ATLC EXTEND E TO W ALONG 26N/27N THROUGH THU. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES S THU NIGHT AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO SE U.S. COAST. STRONG SLY WINDS DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 29N. THE FRONT MOVES FROM 31N67W TO 29N80W FRI AND FROM 29N65W TO HAITI SAT AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA LATE SUN. LARGE NLY SWELLS MOVE INTO THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA FRI AND CONTINUE THROUGH MON. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE WIND DECREASE SOME FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE ATLC MON BUT THE LACK OF LOWER PRES OVER COLOMBIA WILL KEEP WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS