000 AGXX40 KNHC 020721 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST SAT JAN 2 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 RAPIDLY SHIFTED ACROSS THE GULF WATERS FRIDAY WITH BRIEF GALE CONDITIONS ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND THE SW GULF. GALE CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED...WITH FRESH TO STRONG WINDS LEFT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS AS DEPICTED BY LATEST ASCAT PASS AND MARINE PLATFORMS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH SUN. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR SHIFTS OFF THE GULF COAST AND USHERS IN ANOTHER ROUND OF FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE GULF WATERS BY MON. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... COLD FRONT THAT RAPIDLY SHIFTED ACROSS THE GULF FRIDAY HAS ENTERED THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN. THIS FRONT WILL SHIFT E THEN STALL NEAR W HAITI TO W HONDURAS SUN. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH THE FRONT E ON MON AND DOWN THE NICARAGUAN COAST MON NIGHT. MEANWHILE...LONG PERIOD N SWELL CURRENTLY AFFECTING TROPICAL ATLC WATERS...AND SEEPING INTO THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE MONA AND ANEGADA PASSAGES WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF LONG PERIOD N SWELLS GENERATED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MENTIONED IN THE ATLC SECTION BELOW ENTERS INTO THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC WATERS ON MON...AND SPREADS S THROUGH TUE. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO W CENTRAL CUBA WITH GALE CONDITIONS JUST E OF FRONT THROUGH DAYBREAK WHEN THE GALE CONDITIONS SHIFT E OF THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT TO A POSITION FROM 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT AND STALL FROM 21N65W TO W HAITI SUN. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH TROUGH MON. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL SHIFT OFF THE SE COAST ON MON NIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER INCREASE IN WINDS. NW SWELL GENERATED BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SPREAD SE THROUGH SUN NIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE W PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MON NIGHT BEFORE BUILDING ONCE AGAIN MON NIGHT AS THE INCREASE IN WIND GENERATES ANOTHER ROUND OF LONG PERIOD NW SWELLS. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 27N E OF FRONT THROUGH SUNRISE TODAY. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL