000 AGXX40 KNHC 251908 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 PM EDT SUN OCT 25 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. STATIONARY FRONT OVER FAR SE PORTION OF GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDING FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILD OVER NORTHERN GULF. SLY WINDS IN INCREASE OVER THE NW GULF LATE WED AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHING TEXAS COAST MON EVENING. GFS CONTINUES TO BE RATHER AGGRESSIVE WITH NLY WIND SURGE BEHIND FRONT WITH WINDS REACHING THE 20-30 KT RANGE MON NIGHT INTO EARLY TUE THEN DIMINISH TUE AFTERNOON. FRONT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF TUE NIGHT THEN LIFTS BACK TO THE N AS WARM FRONT WED AS RIDGE OF HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLC BUILDS INTO THE E GULF. RETURN SLY FLOW PICKS UP LATE WED AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON THU WITH STRONG NLY WINDS BEHIND IT. STATIONARY FRONT OVER WESTERN ATLC FROM 31N79W THEN ALONG COAST OF FLORIDA. THE SOUTHERN END OF FRONT...S OF 27N...DISSIPATE WHILE NORTHERN PORTION WILL DRIFT W THEN DISSIPATE LATE TUE AS HIGH PRES RIDGE STRENGTHENS ALONG 30/31N. ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT LATE MON THROUGH TUE THEN DECREASE WED. TRADES IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE CONTINUE S OF 16N FROM 63W TO 75W SPREAD W ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THIS EVENING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE ATLC RIDGE BUILDS DOWN FROM THE NE TIGHTENING THE PRES GRADIENT OVER THE AREA. WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT WED THROUGH THU ACROSS THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN AS THE ATLC HIGH AND RIDGE WEAKEN AND SHIFTS TO THE N. MEANWHILE A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE ATLC WILL APPROACH 55W MON. WAVE SHOULD WEAKEN ON TUE AS IT APPROACHES THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AS IT ENCOUNTERS WLY SHEAR. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. $$ FORECASTER DGS