000 AGXX40 KNHC 241745 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1245 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... A FRONT FROM NW FL TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL REACH A TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LINE SUNRISE MON...AND MOVE S OF FL STRAITS AROUND MIDNIGHT ON MON NIGHT. SLY FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT AT 20 TO 25 KT WITH 30 KT CURRENTLY REPORTED ON ELEVATED RIGGS. NLY WINDS W OF FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO MAX AT 30 KT MAINLY NEAR 24N95W EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY BOTH SIDES OF FRONT TONIGHT. HIGH PRES CENTER WILL SHIFT E OVER THE NW GULF MON THEN MOVE N OF AREA BY EARLY TUE AS SLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP AGAIN W GULF TUE NIGHT INTO WED...SPREADING E TO OVER THE EASTERN WATERS WED NIGHT. EXPECT NEXT FRONT ALONG TX COAST JUST AFTER SUNSET THU REACHING PSN FROM FL PANHANDLE TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE FRI NIGHT. GUIDANCE HINTING AT MINIMAL GALE W CENTRAL GULF BEHIND FRONT FRI NIGHT. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... FRONTAL REMNANTS/SHOWERS EXTEND FROM VIRGIN ISLANDS NW ACROSS SOUTHERN AND NW BAHAMAS...AND MOVING SE TO THE E OF 70W WHILE LIFTING N TO THE W OF 70W. E TO SE FLOW INCREASING ENTIRE AREA IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OF GA COAST JUST BEFORE SUNRISE MON. BY THEN SLY FLOW OVER WATERS N OF 29N JUST E OF FRONT WILL INCREASE TO MINIMAL GALE WITH THESE GALE CONDITIONS LIFTING N OF AREA BY MON NIGHT. FRONT SHOULD REACH LINE FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE WITH THE FRONT SEGMENT E OF THE BAHAMAS CONTINUING SE WHILE THE SEGMENT OVER THE BAHAMAS AND BAHAMA BANK NEARLY STALLS. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ACROSS ATLC JUST N OF FORECAST AREA MAINTAINING FAIRLY TIGHT GRADIENTS S OF 24N THROUGH END OF PERIOD. SLY FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER NW WATERS FRI. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND ALSO INCREASE OVER THE NW WATERS TONIGHT. ELY TRADES WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM W TO E ACROSS ENTIRE CARIBBEAN MON. A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING S THROUGH THE ATLC WATERS N OF VIRGIN ISLANDS AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH ALONG 16N BEFORE COMPLETELY LOSING IDENTITY MID WEEK. POST FRONTAL NLY SWELLS WILL DRIVE SEAS TO 11 FT INTO NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES MON NIGHT. THESE NLY SWELLS...SEAS 8 TO 14 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 WARNING N OF 29N E OF FRONT TONIGHT AND MON. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON