000 AGXX40 KNHC 081855 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST FRI JAN 8 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 EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18N92W. NLY WINDS TO GALE FORCE ARE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT. THE GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO S OF 23N W OF 93W SAT AND BELOW GALE FORCE SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT BUT STRONG NLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM W TO E AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF...WITH WINDS IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO 31N71W TO S FLORIDA TONIGHT AND FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT EVENING THEN TO 27N65W TO HAITI SUN AFTERNOON AND FROM 22N65W TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MON AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA TUE. SLY WIND 20-25 KT N OF 26N/27N E OF THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY SUN...WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-30 KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATE SAT. THE NLY WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E...HOWEVER LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE E PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN SUBSIDE ON WED. STRONG TRADES...25-30 KT...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...NEAR COLOMBIA...THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE SUN AS THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES E. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SAT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO E HONDURAS SAT NIGHT AND FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA COSTA RICA BORDER SUN EVENING THEN STALL FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO COSTA RICA MON THEN DISSIPATE TUE. STRONG NLY WINDS N OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 KT THEN DECREASE TUE AND WED AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. WARNINGS... ATLC... .GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 29N SUN. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING GMZ082 S OF 25N W OF 93W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS