000 AGXX40 KNHC 250613 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 115 AM EST SAT MAR 25 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. LOW PRES N OF THE ATLC WATERS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE N AND NE PORTION TODAY. LOW WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. TRADES AND RETURN SLY FLOW TO INCREASE OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND W GULF RESPECTIVELY. SW N ATLC... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM 31N69W TO CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22N77.5W. GFS HAS BACKED OFF ON GALES OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. LOOKS LIKE 30 KT A GOOD BET BUT MAY NOT QUITE SEE 35 KT. HOWEVER...WARNING ALREADY IN PLACE AND WILL LEAVE ALONE. WILL LIKELY DECREASE WINDS TO LESS THAN GALE BY THIS AFTERNOON. FRONT WILL REACH FROM 25N65W TO HAITI EARLY TONIGHT. FRONT WILL SLOWLY DOWN BUT EVENTUALLY MOVE SE OF THE AREA INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS MON. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE N PORTION A SECONDARY TROUGH/FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA KEEPING WINDS TO AROUND 20 KT THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BEGIN BUILDING OVER THE AREA IN EARNEST MON WITH WINDS AND SEAS DECREASING OVER THE N PART. AS HIGH MOVES EAST MODERATE NE WINDS BEGIN TO BLOW OVER THE AREA S OF ABOUT 25N. THESE WINDS TO CONTINUE TUE BUT DECREASE WED AS RIDGE WEAKENS WITH ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVING IN TO THE N PART OF THE AREA. GULF OF MEXICO... WITH COLD FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...WINDS AND SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE. WINDS OVER THE NW GULF HAVE DECREASED TO 10-15 KT WITH 15-20 KT ELSEWHERE. WINDS TO STAY MODERATE OVER THE E GULF THROUGH EARLY SUN WITH REINFORCING FRONT/TROUGH PASSING THROUGH AREA. HIGH PRES TO KEEP WINDS LIGHT ELSEWHERE. SEAS WILL LIKELY DECREASE A LITTLE FASTER THAN NWW3 INDICATES. AS HIGH/RIDGE SHIFTS EASTWARD LATE SUN/MON. RETURN SE-S FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE OVER THE W GULF. WINDS NEAR 20 KT BY SUN NIGHT/MON. MODERATE SE-S WINDS TO THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. NWW3 LIKELY TOO SLOW IN DEVELOPING SEAS IN THE SE FLOW AND WILL LIKELY HAVE TO INCREASE A LITTLE. CARIBBEAN... TRADES HAVE DECREASED OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE OCCURRING NW OF THE COLD FRONT. 20-25 KT WINDS ARE BLOWING FROM THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SOUTHWARD TO NEAR THE GULF OF HONDURAS. WINDS DECREASE LATER TODAY BUT WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING SEWD NLY WINDS TO REMAIN AT LEAST MODERATE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. FRONT TO WEAKEN OVER THE WEEKEND. AS THE HIGH MOVE EAST INTO THE ATLC MON NIGHT TRADES TO INCREASE AREA WIDE. STRONG NE WINDS LIKELY TO FUNNEL THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WITH 25 KT WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. WINDS WINDS LIKELY TO REACH 25-30 KT ALONG THE FAVORED COLOMBIA COAST BY WED. WARNINGS...SEE LATEST OFFSHORE FORECAST FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. ATLANTIC... GALE WARNING N OF 29N E OF 72W...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER BROWN