000 AGXX40 KNHC 030825 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 325 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... PRIMARY COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CNVTN HAS PUSHED SE THROUGH THE GULF TONIGHT AND EXTENDED FROM THE FLORIDA STRAIGHTS...ACROSS WRN CUBA TO NEAR 20N90W. THE SECONDARY FRONT AND MORE MARKED COOLER AND DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND EXTENDING SW TO A WAVE ALONG THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF. GALE FORCE WINDS ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BE DIMINISHING TO BELOW GALE FORCE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE FLOW UPSTREAM ACROSS THE W AND NW GULF HAS BEGUN TO VEER MORE N TO NE. SKIES HAVE BEGUN TO CLEAR ACROSS THE NW GULF THROUGH THE LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS WITH DEWPOINTS THERE DROPPING INTO THE LOW 30'S. NLY FLOW OF 20-25 KT IS BUILDING ACROSS THE E HALF OF THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL HELP TO DRIVE IT SSE AND REACH FROM THE FLORIDA STRAIGHTS TO THE YUCATAN BY MIDDAY TODAY. SEAS ACROSS THE SW GULF WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS MORNING...WHILE SEAS ACROSS THE EAST HALF BUILD 7 TO 9 FT IN NNW WIND SWELL. A 1026 MB SURFACE HIGH ACROSS TEXAS WILL SHIFT SE INTO THE FAR NW GULF LATER TONIGHT TO PRODUCE VARIABLE WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS ACROSS NW PORTIONS. YET ANOTHER REINFORCING FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ACROSS THE N GULF TONIGHT TO INDUCE FRESH WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS THE NRN GULF TONIGHT INTO WED MORNING...BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO RELAX MODERATELY WED AFTERNOON. CARIBBEAN SEA... THE FIRST FRONT WAS ACROSS THE SRN YUCATAN CHANNEL TONIGHT... PRODUCING A LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND FLOW OUT AHEAD OF IT ACROSS THE FAR WRN CARIBBEAN. SCATTERED CNVTN ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WAS AFFECTING WRN CUBA AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH...AS IT SHIFTED E OF LA HABANA. FRESH ELY TRADES PREVAILED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...WITH WINDS TO 25 KT IN THE S CENTRAL AND SW CARIB OFF OF COASTAL COLOMBIA...FLOWING S INTO PANAMA. THIS FIRST FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SE TODAY AND REACH ERN CUBA TO HONDURAS BY EARLY EVENING. THE FRONT AND ACCOMPANYING MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS ARE EXPECTED TO INTERACT FAVORABLE WITH THE LANDMASS OF CUBA FOR MODERATE RAIN AMOUNTS AS IT TREKS ACROSS THE ISLAND. NLY FLOW WILL BUILD INTO THE NW CARIB BEHIND THE FRONT TO PRODUCE A PERIOD DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF NLY WAVE ACTION. NELY FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SW CARIBBEAN IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND YIELD INCREASING SEAS...WITH WINDS OFFSHORE OF COLOMBIA RETURNING TO 30 KT. FLOW THERE MAY REACH GALE FORCE BY THU NIGHT. WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN ACROSS THE EXTREME NE CARIBBEAN AND WATERS JUST S OF HISPANIOLA...WITH SEAS THERE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW 6 FT. ATLANTIC W OF 55W... THE ATLC HIGH HAS RETREATED INTO THE W CENTRAL ATLC WHERE IT WILL OSCILLATE AND WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. NWLY SWELLS FROM THE LAST ATLC FRONT HAVE BEEN SUBSIDING ACROSS THE ATLC WATERS N THROUGH NE OF PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. A SE TO S FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING OFF OF FLORIDA AND THE SE U.S. WITH GALE FORCE SW TO S WINDS PRESENTLY DEVELOPING WITH 4 DEGREES E OF THE FRONT AND N OF 27-28N. SEAS IN THIS GALE REGION WILL BUILD 9 TO 12 FEET OVERNIGHT. SLY FLOW OF 25-30 KT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THIS GALE ZONE. WNW FLOW OF 25-30 KT IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL DRIVE IT SE THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS BY THIS EVENING. EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD 8 TO 10 FT BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST TONIGHT. THE NEXT REINFORCING FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF OF THE SE U.S. AND N FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE AREA N OF 28N BY 12Z WED. ATLANTIC... AMZ088...GALE WARNING. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GMZ082...GALE WARNING. FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.