000 AGXX40 KNHC 052012 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 145 PM EST MON MAR 05 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... 1035 MB SFC HIGH OVER NRN MEXICO IS BUILDING INTO THE GULF WITH WINDS STILL BLOWING AT 15 KT OR SO OVER THE NOAA BUOYS ALONG 25N AND DECREASING TO 10 KT OVER THE FAR NRN WATERS. LATEST WAVE HGHT OBS FROM SHIPS/BUOYS SHOWING NWW3 AND UKMET WAVE MODELS BOTH HANDLING THE DECREASE IN WAVE HGHTS WELL. AS HIGH PRESS BUILDS EWD OVER THE NRN GULF WATERS WINDS CONTINUE TO VEER TO THE NE AND DECREASE OVER THE GULF TONIGHT INTO TUE. LIGHT NE WINDS CONTINUE WED AND WED NIGHT. OUTLOOK...LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL PATTERN INTO SAT WITH LIGHT E TO SE WINDS PREVAILING THROUGH THE PERIOD. SW N ATLC... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 27N65W SWWD THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS TO SE CUBA WITH ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS NOTED ALONG AND WITHIN 120 NM NW OF THE FRONTAL BAND. NW TO N WINDS OF 20 KT ARE CONFINED TO THE AREA N OF 28N W OF THE FRONT TO 70W AND ARE DECREASING TO 10-15 KT ELSEWHERE. COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE SE EXTENDING FROM 25N65W TO SE CUBA BY LATE TUE THEN DISSIPATE WED. IN THE MEANTIME A REINFORCING FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE AREA BY LATE TUE WITH NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT BLENDING INTO EXISTING NE WINDS WITH A RESULTING FIELD OF NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT OVER MOST OF THE AREA WED AND WED NIGHT. OUTLOOK...RAPID CHANGES IN STORE WITH WINDS VEERING AND TURNING TO THE SW AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT SLATED TO ENTER THE AREA THU WITH YET ANOTHER INCREASE IN NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. FRONT STALLS ALONG 25N AND STRONG HIGH PRESS N OF THE FRONT ENSURES PROLONGED NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT ON FRI AND SAT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10-11 FT VICE THE NWW3 AND 10-14 FT THE UKMET WAVE MODEL. A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE 2 MODELS APPEARS TO BE THE BEST SOLUTION AT THIS POINT FOR THE WAVE HGTS. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS IS USHERING IN NLY WINDS OF 20-25 KT OVER THE AREAS W OF THE FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL DRIFT EWD AND WEAKEN BY LATE TUE. PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW TRADES TO WEAKEN INTO WED. HIGH PRESS OVER THE ATLC ALLOWS TRADES TO INCREASE AGAIN WED NIGHT AND THU BEFORE WEAKENING FRI AND SAT. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER COBB