000 AGXX40 KNHC 131920 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 320 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT FROM 30N92W TO 26N98W WILL MOVE E TO PSN FROM FL BIG BEND TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE MIDDAY TUE...FROM TAMPA BAY TO W YUCATAN PENINSULA TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL FROM FL STRAITS TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE WED WITH THE FRONTAL REMNANTS MOVING BACK N AS WARM FRONT DISSIPATING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS FRI AND SAT WITH NEXT COLD FRONT ALONG TX COAST MIDDAY SUN. N ATLC... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ALONG 31N55W TO 26N65W THEN BECOMES A THIN LINE OF TCU ALONG 25N71W TO 27N78W. THE SEGMENT W OF 70W IS DRIFTING N AS EXPECTED BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WINDS N OF THIS BOUNDARY ARE ALREADY BECOMING SE OVER THE NW WATERS AT 15-20 KT AND EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20-30 KT AS THEY VEER TO S TONIGHT AND TUE IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE GA COAST LATE TUE. THIS NEXT FRONT REACHES FROM 31N73W TO SE FL MIDDAY WED...AND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS MIDDAY THU AND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE MONA PASSAGE FRI NIGHT AND VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SAT. CARIBBEAN... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS OF CUBA THU AND THROUGH THE MONA PASSAGE FRI NIGHT AND SAT AND THEN STALL OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS SAT. SE FLOW AT 15-20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SURGES OF 20-25 KT IN SW GULF OF HONDURAS WITH ASSOCIATED SEAS REACHING A MAX OF 8 FT IN AREA OF THE SURGES NEAR 17.5N87W. OTHERWISE NE-E TRADES CURRENTLY AT 10-15 KT WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT LATE TUE THROUGH THU WITH THE LOCALLY ENHANCED WINDS AND SEAS TO 25 KT AND RESULTANT SEAS TO 10 FT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. ATLC... .NONE.. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.