000 AGXX40 KNHC 260601 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST SUN MAR 26 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS FOR MOST ZONES IN THE SHORT TERM. ACTIVE PERIOD WITH THREE DIFFERENT GALE AREAS OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS IS COMING TO AN END. HIGH PRES TO BUILD OVER MOST OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. WINDS TO DECREASE MOST AREAS THROUGH MON. HIGH THEN MOVES E INTO THE ATLC WITH INCREASING TRADES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ATLC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS. MODERATE SE WINDS ALSO FORECAST OVER THE W GULF OF MEXICO. SW N ATLC... COLD FRONT...MUCH WEAKER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY...NOW EXTENDS FROM 24N65W TO THE NW COAST OF HAITI. WEAK SECONDARY FRONT OR TROUGH FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE N AND NE PORTION OF THE AREA TODAY. W-NW WINDS AROUND 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR BERMUDA WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NE PORTION TODAY THEN DECREASE TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS AROUND 15 KT. LIGHT WINDS NOW FOUND SE OF THE FRONT. FRONT WILL EDGE SE OF THE AREA MON AND HIGH PRES WILL MOVE E INTO THE ATLC N OF THE AREA MON NIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS WINDS TO BECOME MODERATE NE-E S OF ABOUT 25N MON NIGHT. RIDGE BECOMES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE AREA TUE/WED WITH WINDS REMAINING NEAR 20 KT ACROSS THE S HALF OF THE AREA. WEAK FRONT MAY CLIP THE N PORTION WED NIGHT AND EARLY THU WITH ANOTHER HIGH BUILDING SOUTH ACROSS THE ATLC WATERS. NOT MUCH INFLUENCE EXPECTED FROM THIS WEAK FRONT. 7-10 FT SEAS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE. SEAS DECREASE N PART...BUT REMAIN 6-8 FT S PART WITH THE INCREASING ELY FLOW. GULF OF MEXICO... WINDS NOW 15 KT OR LESS OVER THE ENTIRE GULF WITH SEAS 5 FT OR LESS. HIGH PRES TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TODAY THROUGH MON. RETURN SE-S FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THESE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15-20 KT LATER TODAY. AS THE HIGH CONTINUES EAST MODERATE SELY WINDS TO AFFECT MOST OF THE WESTERN GULF W OF 90W. WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KT AT TIMES. NWW3 SEAS LIKELY TOO LOW IN THE SELY FLOW AND WILL ADD 1-2 FT TO MOST OF THE FORECAST. WINDS IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME MODERATE BY LATE TUE/WED AND REMAIN SO THROUGH THU. AGAIN MAY HAVE TO BUMP UP SEAS A LITTLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. CARIBBEAN... WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NW HAITI TO THE HONDURAS/ NICARAGUA BORDER. N-NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA NW OF THE FRONT. MODERATE TRADES STILL BLOWING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE AREA WIDE MON NIGHT AS HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE ATLC. EXPECTING 25 KT WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA BY TUE...THEN 25-30 KT TUE NIGHT-THU. WINDS ALSO AROUND 20 KT NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA AND THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED. WILL HAVE TO INCREASE NWW3 SEAS OVER THE AREAS NEAR COLOMBIA COAST LATER IN THE FORECAST. TAIL END OF FRONT ALSO FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS BEFORE WEAKENING MON/TUE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER BROWN