000 AGXX40 KNHC 221816 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 115 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY FL TO NEAR 25N88W THEN CONTINUES QUASI STATIONARY W TO NEAR CRP TX WITH THE W PORTION NOW LIFTING N WHILE THE E PORTION IS STALLING ALONG 25.5N. FRONTAL REMNANTS SHOULD BE OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS BY SUNSET SAT AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVES E OVER THE TX COASTAL WATERS ACCOMPANIED BY SLY WINDS MAXING AT 25 KT OVER THE E GULF AHEAD OF FRONT...AND NLY WINDS REACHING ABOUT 30 KT MAINLY NEAR 24N94W SUN AFTERNOON. MOST OF ASSOCIATED ENERGY WITH REMAIN N OF 25N WHERE SCATTERED TSTMS WILL LIKELY IGNITE. FRONT SHOULD CLEAR FL STRAITS AND YUCATAN CHANNEL AROUND MIDNIGHT MON NIGHT WITH SLY FLOW SETTING UP AGAIN W GULF TUE NIGHT AND WED. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... A COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS SHOULD REACH FROM BERMUDA TO THE SE BAHAMAS SUNRISE SAT AND SE OF ATLC ZONE LATE SAT NIGHT. SLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO MINIMAL GALE THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN 240 NM EITHER SIDE OF FRONT WITH THE AREA OF GALE WINDS SHIFTING E OF 65W AT SUNRISE SAT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO NEAR 27 FT S OF BERMUDA WITH A MAX OF 17 FT PROPAGATING S OVER EXTREME NE CORNER SW ATLC ZONE AND SEAS MAX OF 24 FT REACH DISCUSSION AREA NEAR 29N63W. S AND SW FLOW SHOULD MAKE PLEASANT CROSSING TO BAHAMAS FRI AND SAT. N SWELL WILL PRODUCE SEAS TO 3 TO 5 FT ATLC SIDE OF BAHAMAS SAT AND INCREASE TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE SUN INTO MON AS SE FLOW INCREASES TO 15 TO 20 KT NW BAHAMAS. SLY FLOW ALSO INCREASES ALONG FL COAST SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT WITH ANOTHER MINIMAL GALE DEVELOPING IN THE SLY FLOW AHEAD OF NEXT FRONT MON. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE GA COAST AROUND SUNRISE MON...WITH THE GALE CONDITIONS LIFTING N OF AREA MON NIGHT. FRONT WILL WASH OUT OVER THE SE ATLC ZONE WED NIGHT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... GRADIENT STILL TIGHT OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WHILE BRIEFLY RELAXING REMAINDER OF AREA THROUGH SAT NIGHT. SLY FLOW OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUN SPREADING FROM THE NW TO SE CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT ENTERING THE GULF OF MEXICO MON AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC WATERS N OF VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY SAT NIGHT LOSING IDENTITY SUN ALONG 18-19N...BUT POST FRONTAL NLY SWELLS WILL DRIVE SEAS TO 10 FT INTO NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES MON NIGHT. THESE NLY SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE WATERS E OF THE WINDWARDS AND LEEWARDS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 27N WITHIN 240 NM OF FRONT. .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON N OF 27N E OF FRONT. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON