000 AGXX40 KNHC 081935 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 PM EDT WED APR 08 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRES CENTER CURRENTLY OVER THE E GULF NEAR 25N87W WILL SHIFT E ACROSS FL ALONG 27N EARLY THU MORNING THEN CONTINUE E ACROSS THE ATLC WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING W ACROSS THE GULF ALONG 26N. SLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE W GULF CURRENTLY AT 15 KT. SLY WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15-20 KT LATER TONIGHT AND SPREAD E OVER THE ENTIRE GULF THU IN ADVANCE OF WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING TO THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI NIGHT BUT STALLING EARLY SAT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK W OF AREA SAT NIGHT INTO SUN AS LOW PRES SPINS UP OVER N TEXAS. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF AROUND SUNRISE MON AND STALLING FROM FL BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE MON NIGHT. N ATLC... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N62W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL MOVE E AND STALL FROM 31N60W TO HISPANIOLA LATE TONIGHT THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE THU EARLY FRI. HIGH PRES IN WAKE OF FRONT WILL SHIFT ENE OFF FL COAST THU REACHING NEAR BERMUDA FRI NIGHT ALLOWING A RIDGE TO BUILD WSW TO FL AT 27N. SLY FLOW N OF THIS RIDGE WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVE SE INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS SAT NIGHT. THE RIDGE SHIFTS SE SAT NIGHT AND SUN ALLOWING THE FRONT TO REACH PSN FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS WHERE IT STALLS AND QUICKLY DISSIPATES SUN NIGHT. NLY WINDS TO 15-20 KT WILL FILL IN OVER AREA BEHIND FRONT BECOMING SLY AGAIN OVER THE NW PART BY MON AFTERNOON AS NEXT FRONT APPROACHES GA COAST LATE TUE. CARIBBEAN... A FRONTAL TROUGH FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO CENTRAL NICARAGUA WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THU NIGHT. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT WILL DIMINISH TO 10-15 KT TONIGHT. SE FLOW AT 15-20 KT WILL RETURN TO NW CARIBBEAN THU NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MON. OTHERWISE TRADES ARE GENERALLY NE-E 10-15 KT EXCEPT NE-E 15-20 KT S OF 13N E OF 78W...SLIGHTLY HIGHER ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA...WITH LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED TILL FRI NIGHT AND SAT WHEN GRADIENT TIGHTENS BRIEFLY SUPPORTING 15-20 KT THROUGHOUT AREA WITH LOCALLY ENHANCED 25-30 KT NEAR NW COAST OF COLOMBIA. ATLC... .NONE.. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FORECASTER RUBIO/NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.