000 AGXX40 KNHC 310659 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 255 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... REMNANTS OF FRONT ALONG 25N OVER GULF E OF 85W ATTM AND LIFTING N AS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TSTMS. SE WINDS TO 20 KT OVER MOST OF GULF W OF 92W AND EXPECT THESE WINDS TO VEER TO S AND SPREAD E TO MOST OF THE AREA W OF 85W EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE NEXT FRONT ALONG THE TX COAST AT MID MORNING. THIS 2ND FRONT WILL GET A GOOD PUSH THIS AFTERNOON REACHING FROM MS DELTA TO SW BAY OF CAMPECHE THEN STALL FROM FL PANHANDLE TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WED. WINDS BOTH SIDES OF FRONT WILL MAX AT 25 KT. THE FRONTAL REMNANTS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY N WED AS A WARM FRONT AS 3RD STRONGER CDFNT WINDS UP OVER TX. 3RD FRONT MOVES OFF TX COAST THU AFTERNOON DISSECTING GULF FROM FL BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE THU NIGHT...ABRUPTLY STALLING OVER THE SE WATERS FRI NIGHT...AND THEN NO SURPRISE...RETURNING N AS A WARM FRONT SAT AS 4TH COLD FRONT DEVELOPS OVER S CENTRAL CONUS. ATLC WATERS... ATLC RIDGE ALONG 25N E OF 70W BLOCKING SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF COLD FRONT TO W OF 72W. THESE FRONTAL REMNANTS EXPECTED TO LIFT N AS WEAK WARM FRONT TODAY INTO WED. 2ND CDFNT MOVES OFF GA COAST AT SUNSET TUE PRECEDED BY SW 20-25 KT WINDS BUT FRONT IMMEDIATELY STALLS OVER THE SE GA AND NE FL COASTAL WATERS... AND LIFTS N OF AREA THU AFTERNOON. RIDGE BUILDS W ALONG 26N THU NIGHT WITH SLY FLOW N OF RIDGE AGAIN AT 20-25 KT IN ADVANCE OF 3RD CDFNT OFF GA COAST LATE FRI AFTERNOON...BUT PRECEDED BY SQUALL LINE EARLY FRI AFTERNOON. THIS 4TH FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO 26N80W SAT AFTERNOON THEN FRONT LIKELY STALLS ALONG 26-27N SAT NIGHT. CARIBBEAN... SE WINDS OVER NW CARIBBEAN AT 15-20 KT WITH SOME RESIDUAL N SWELL. LITTLE CHANGE NW CARIBBEAN ZONE EXCEPT WINDS SHOULD INCREASE A TAD TO 20-25 KT NEAR 18N86W WITH SEAS TO 8 FT THU THROUGH SAT. THE GRADIENT REMAINDER OF CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC HAS ELY TRADES AT 15 KT EXCEPT LOCAL EFFECTS OF ENHANCED WINDS/SEAS ALONG COLOMBIAN COAST. ELY TRADES WILL BEGIN TO PULSE TO 20 KT S OF 14N LATE TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT. ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.