000 AGXX40 KNHC 100711 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF US EXTENDS A RIDGE OVER THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO PRODUCING NLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS MAINLY S OF 25N. AN ASCAT PASS FROM AROUND 0300 UTC CONFIRMED THESE WIND SPEEDS. THIS STRONG FLOW IS ALLOWING SEAS TO BUILD TO 14-16 FT OVER THE SW GULF INCLUDING THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY...THEN WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRES MOVES TOWARD SE LOUISIANA IN ABOUT 24-36 HOURS. SLY RETURN FLOW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF THU AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE COAST OF TEXAS THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES...20-25 KT...ARE STILL BLOWING ACROSS S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN PARTICULARLY NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. IN THE MEAN TIME...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE BASIN FOLLOWED BY STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NLY WINDS AND RAISING SEAS TO ABOUT 14 FT. THE FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM EASTERN CUBA TO NE NICARAGUA WILL REACH FROM HISPANIOLA TO THE SW CARIBBEAN TO NEAR 11N81W THIS EVENING...THEN WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM E DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO 11N80W MON EVENING. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE BY TUE. FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS WILL PERSIST BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WED DUE TO A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT...THEN WILL DIMINISH THU WITH EASTERLY TRADES INCREASING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF AREA. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS 31N63W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND EASTERN CUBA. NW TO N WINDS OF 20-30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE NOTED BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SEAS RANGING FROM 8 TO 14 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRES...1009 MB NEAR 30N67W...IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LATE TODAY. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE NE AND OUT OF AREA TO NEAR 32N60W WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT TO EASTERN HISPANIOLA BY MON MORNING. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT INTO EARLY WED...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT CLIPPING THE N PORTION OF THE AREA LATE TUE THROUGH WED...MOVING E OF 65W BY WED NIGHT. HIGH PRES REBUILDS ACROSS THE WATERS WED THROUGH THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER GR