000 AGXX40 KNHC 091852 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND IS CURRENTLY SE OF THE AREA. STRONG NLY WINDS OF 20-30 KT WILL PERSIST BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE FAR SW GULF THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E BY LATE SUN WITH WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MON NIGHT THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRES BUILDS S OVER THE GULF. SLY RETURN FLOW WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 THU. ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS 31N65W TO WESTERN CUBA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 30N65W TO E CUBA SUN. A LOW PRES...1011 MB NEAR 31N69W IS FORECAST BY THE COMPUTER MODELS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SUN NIGHT RESULTING IN A SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE LOW PRES WILL MOVE NE AND THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 26N65W TO HISPANIOLA MON THEN E OF THE AREA MON NIGHT. SW 20 TO 30 KT ARE BLOWING AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-30 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. THE NLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM W TO E LATE MON...HOWEVER LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE E PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN SUBSIDE LATE WED AND THU. MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES...20-25 KT...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...NEAR COLOMBIA...TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN DECREASE LATE SUN AS THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES E AND A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN. THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM WESTERN CUBA TO BELIZE. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NLY WINDS BEHIND IT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM E CUBA TO HONDURAS SUN THEN FROM HAITI TO COSTA RICA MON WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND SLOWLY BECOME DIFFUSE. HOWEVER STRONG NE WINDS WITH SEAS UP TO 12 FT W OF 75W DECREASING BY WED. A VOLCANIC ASHFALL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WITHIN 10 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO MONTSERRAT AT 16.7N 62.2W TO 17.0N 65.5W. REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM ASH CLOUD MAY IMPACT MARINE OPERATIONS. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING GMZ082 S OF 21N W OF 94W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER GR