000 AGXX40 KNHC 151943 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 345 PM EDT WED APR 15 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT FROM 26N82W TO 23N90W FORECAST TO WEAKEN WHILE SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL GULF AS WARM FRONT THU. MEANWHILE...SURFACE HIGH PRES BUILD OVER SE CONUS INDUCE STRENGTHENING RETURN FLOW ACROSS W GULF...WITH SE WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF GULF. THIS BUILD SEAS UP TO 9 FT ACROSS NW GULF FRI...WHERE FETCH LENGTH IS MAXIMIZED. PROGRESSIVE MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE E ACROSS CENTRAL CONUS SAT AND SUN...WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ENTERING NW GULF SUN. GLOBAL MODELS IN AGREEMENT IN ITS TIMING SURGING S ACROSS W GULF LATER SUN AND MON. N WINDS TO 25 KT FOLLOW FRONT ALONG MEXICO COAST...WHERE LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY FUNNELS COLDER/ DENSER AIR SOUTHWARD. FRONT MOVE SE ACROSS REMAINDER OF GULF MON FOLLOWED BY STRONG N WINDS. ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO 27N80W. FRONT MOVE SE FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK AS MULTIPLE LOW PRES CENTERS N OF AREA TRANSLATE E...WITH REINFORCING FRONT ENTERING SW N ATLC FRI AFTERNOON. E OF INITIAL FRONT...RECENT ASCAT DATA INDICATE SW WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT E OF FRONT WITH W TO NW WINDS 20 KT W OF FRONT. THESE WINDS CONTINUE WITH THIS INITIAL FRONT AS IT MOVES E OF AREA THROUGH SUN. SW WINDS E OF FRONT INCREASE FRI INTO SUN AS FRONT ENCOUNTERS STRONGER SURFACE RIDGE. FRI...STRONG NE WINDS FOLLOW REINFORCING FRONT...AS WELL AS WAVE HEIGHTS TO 14 FT IN N SWELL...IMPACTING MUCH OF BASIN SAT AND SUN THOUGH MAX SEA HEIGHTS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE SUN. FRESH TRADES PERSIST ACROSS CARIBBEAN WITH 1011 MB LOW PRES SUPPORTING NE WINDS TO 25 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA...YIELDING SEAS TO 10 FT THROUGH THROUGH SAT AND SUN. TRADES CONTINUE DURING NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS SERIES OF SURFACE RIDGES TRAVERSE SE CONUS AND SW N ATLC. ATLC... .NONE.. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FORECASTER AC/WB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.