000 AGXX40 KNHC 060703 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO...STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO THE SE GOMEX TO 23N87W WILL LIFT N AS A WARM FRONT TODAY AS WINDS BECOME SW ALOFT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TONIGHT STRONG E TO SE FLOW N OF THE WARM FRONT WITH LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND SLY 20-30 KT FLOW S OF THE WARM FRONT SHOULD CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO 7 TO 11 FT OVER THE E CNTRL GOMEX FRI IN S SWELL. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TX COAST TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY 20 TO 30 KT NW TO N WINDS...REACHING GALE FORCE OVER WESTERN GULF FRI. WEAK SFC LOWS FORMING ALONG THE FRONT NEAR LOUISIANA AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI AFTERNOON THEN PUSH THROUGH THE SE GOMEX BY SAT MORNING. SEAS RISE TO 10-15 FT FRI NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SAT NIGHT AND SUN. HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING SWAY OVER THE SERN STATES SHOULD KEEP A STEADY ELY FLOW OF 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE REGION SUN AND MON. SW NORTH ATLC... STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA IS MORE DIFFUSE THIS MORNING. THE ILL-DEFINED FRONT WILL DRIFT N TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE COMPLEX LOW PRES SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP IN THE GOMEX. THIS ALLOWS SEAS TO QUICKLY SUBSIDE TO 4 TO 6 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. APPROACHING COLD FRONT FRI WILL CREATE A STRONG SLY WIND OF 25 TO 30 KT OFF OF FLORIDA N OF 27N FRI NIGHT AND SAT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 13 FT IN S SWELL. STRONG NW WINDS BEHIND FRONT SHOULD QUICKLY SUBSIDE SAT... WITH THE FRONT PROJECTED ALONG 31N73W 22N78W SAT EVENING. THE FRONT THEN STALLS AND BECOMES STATIONARY FROM 31N65W TO THE WRN BAHAMAS. HIGH PRES BUILDING IN FROM THE N SHOULD KEEP MODERATE N TO NE WINDS N OF THE FRONT WHILE A WELL-DEFINED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NEAR 35N54W WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES S OF 23N S OF THE FRONT WITH SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NE OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES EAST TO THE ANTILLES THROUGH SAT. SOME WEAKENING OF THE ATLC RIDGE WILL WEAKEN THE TRADES SUN AND MON. SEAS REMAIN 5 TO 8 FT OVER THE ERN AND CNTRL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEAS BUILD TO 8-11 FT IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC FROM PUERTO RICO TO THE LESSER ANTILLES WITH SOME OF THE SWELL RAISING SEAS IN ATLC PASSAGES AS WELL BY FRI AFTERNOON. ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS SUN AND NE SWELL DECREASES TO 5 TO 8 FT FROM THE CNTRL CARIBBEAN EWD. INCREASING SE FLOW OVER THE GULF OF HONDURAS BETWEEN THROUGH FRI SHOULD CAUSE SEAS W OF 85W TO BUILD TO 8 FT. THE GULF FRONT ARRIVES OVER THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN SAT MORNING WITH STRONG NLY 20-30 KT FLOW BEHIND FRONT SAT BECOMING NE 20-25 KT SUN. SEAS BUILD TO 6 TO 10 FT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING NW AND SW GULF...GMZ080 AND GMZ082. FORECASTER MUNDELL