000 AGXX40 KNHC 011844 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST FRI JAN 1 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVING E OF GULF BASIN TONIGHT LEAVING GALE CONDITIONS W OF BOUNDARY THIS EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS ALSO LINGER S OF 23N W OF 96W IN SW GULF THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISH SAT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES TAKES OVER FRESH NE BREEZE. NE SWELLS LINGER ACROSS SW AND CENTRAL GULF S OF 25N THROUGH LATE SUN. AS HIGH PRES SYSTEMS STRENGTHENS...SECOND SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVE OVER N GULF SUN NIGHT AND MON USHERING NEW ROUND OF FRESH N WINDS ACROSS GULF TUE AND WED. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES OVER CENTRAL ATLC MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG FLOW OVER CARIBBEAN. WINDS EXPECTED TO AS HIGH PRES IS FORCED E BY COLD FRONT JUST OFF N FLORIDA COAST AND RACING E. FRONT ALSO ENTERS NW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND STALL FROM W HAITI TO E HONDURAS SUN WITH FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS W OF BOUNDARY SAT AND SUN. SURGE OF BEHIND FRONT INCREASES NE WINDS AND PUSH FRONT DOWN NICARAGUAN COAST TUE. MEANWHILE...LONG PERIOD N SWELL OF UP TO 12 FT CONTINUE AFFECTING TROPICAL ATLC WATERS E OF ISLANDS AS WELL AS SEEPING INTO CARIBBEAN THROUGH MONA AND ANEGADA PASSAGES. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 29N81W RACES E REACHING FROM 31N66W TO 20N73W EARLY SAT AND 31N60W TO PUERTO RICO EARLY SUN. GALE FORCE NW WIND NOTED W OF FRONT EXPECTED TO BE BELOW GALE LATE TODAY OR EARLY EVENING...BUT SW GALES WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. LONG PERIOD NW SWELL BEHIND FRONT AFFECT N COAST OF GREATER ANTILLES AND SEEP THROUGH ATLC PASSAGES IN9TO CARIBBEAN SEA. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING TONIGHT N OF 28N E OF FRONT. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WARNING TONIGHT S OF 23N W OF 96W... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES