000 AGXX40 KNHC 231818 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 115 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... REMNANTS OF A FRONT EXTENDING FROM SW FL TO MS DELTA ARE MOVING NE AS A NEW COLD FRONT ADVANCES ACROSS TX AND SHOULD REACH COAST AROUND SUNSET TODAY. SLY FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT SHOULD MAX AT 25 KT OVER THE E GULF. NLY WINDS WILL REACH 30 KT MAINLY NEAR 24N94W SUN MORNING. MOST OF ASSOCIATED CONVECTION WILL REMAIN N OF 27N. FRONT SHOULD CLEAR FL STRAITS AND YUCATAN CHANNEL AROUND SUNSET MON WITH SLY FLOW SETTING UP AGAIN W GULF TUE NIGHT AND WED SPREADING E ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS WED. BEST GUESS FOR NOW IS NEXT FRONT OVER NW WATERS THU NIGHT BUT TIMING OF TODAYS FRONT HAS CHANGED NEARLY OVER THE 24 HOURS OF GUIDANCE. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... GALE CONDITIONS WITH CURRENT FRONT E OF 65W WITH FRONT EXTENDING E TO W ACROSS W ATLC ZONE ALONG 25.5N. ALTHOUGH THIN LINE OF CLOUDS OVER FL AND BAHAMAS WE MAY SEE SOME REMNANTS RETURNING N SUN AS SLY FLOW INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT ALONG GA COAST SUN NIGHT. SW FLOW E OF FRONT EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO MINIMAL GALE MON WITH GALE CONDITIONS LIFTING N OF AREA BY MON NIGHT. FRONT SHOULD REACH LINE FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS TUE...AND MOVE SE OF ATLC ZONE WED NIGHT. HIGH PRES SHIFTS E ACROSS N WATERS BEHIND FRONT REACHING NEAR BERMUDA THU NIGHT WITH SLY FLOW ALONG FL COAST AND E 15 TO 20 KT S OF 24N. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... GRADIENT TIGHTEST OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND RELAXED REMAINDER OF AREA TODAY. SLY FLOW OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH ELY TRADES INCREASING FROM W TO E ACROSS ENTIRE CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT. A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC WATERS N OF VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT LOSING IDENTITY SUN ALONG 18-19N...BUT POST FRONTAL NLY SWELLS WILL DRIVE SEAS TO 11 FT INTO NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES MON NIGHT. THESE NLY SWELLS...SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE WATERS E OF THE WINDWARDS AND LEEWARDS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. NEXT COLD FRONT YUCATAN CHANNEL MON AND WASHING OUT FROM HISPANIOLA TO HONDURAS BY MID WEEK. WARNINGS... ATLC... .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