000 AGXX40 KNHC 131728 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE OCT 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 STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM THE NW FLORIDA COAST TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT S TO ALONG 27N WED AND ALONG 23N FRI. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF THU NIGHT THEN EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST TO THE NE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY SAT THEN MOVES SE OF THE AREA BY EARLY SUN. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON FRI AND SAT WITH COLD AIR ALOFT MOVING OVER THE WARM GULF WATERS. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE NRN GULF WATERS LATE SAT INTO EARLY SUN WITH NLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT PERSISTING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. CARIBBEAN SEA... THE CARIBBEAN REMAINS RELATIVELY QUIET WITH 20 KT WINDS CONFINED TO NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION POSSIBLE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF HONDURAS AS WEAK MID/UPR LEVEL TROUGH MOVES TO THE W TOWARD THE YUCATAN. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RATHER BENIGN THROUGH THU. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE ERN CARIBBEAN WILL TIGHTEN ON FRI THROUGH SAT AND ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT E OF 6OW. ATLANTIC... A HIGH PRES RIDGE IS IN PLACE IN THE ATLANTIC ALONG 28/29N. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE S AS A COLD FRONT OVER THE EXTREME NW WATERS PUSHES TO THE SE. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT JUST OFF THE E CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST AND JUST N OF THE BAHAMAS TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE HIGHEST WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN N/NE OF THE AREA. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE OVER THE NW WATERS LATE WED INTO THU REACHING THE NW BAHAMAS SAT NIGHT. W TO NW WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT N OF 29N AND SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FT WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. TROPICS... A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 56W IS INTERACTING WITH AN UPR LVL LOW. SCATTERED CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE IS OCCURRING S OF 14N. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE ERN CARIBBEAN WED AND WILL BECOME LESS DEFINED OVER TIME. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. $$ FORECASTER LEWITSKY