000 AGXX40 KNHC 050711 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 AM EST FRI FEB 05 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... LOW PRES INLAND MS DELTA WILL CONTINUE NE TRAILING CDFNT S TO BAY OF CAMPECHE AT SUNRISE THIS AM. FRONT WILL MOVE SE THROUGH FL STRAITS LATE TONIGHT. MINIMAL GALE WARNING IN EFFECT N OF 26N E OF FRONT SHOULD DIMINISH OVER N CENTRAL GULF BY LATE AFTERNOON AND OVER THE NE GULF WATERS RIGHT ABOUT SUNSET TODAY. RIDGE WILL BUILD NW-SE FROM TX TO NW CUBA LATE SUN THEN SHIFT TO A NE-SW ORIENTATION FROM NW FL TO NE MEXICO MON. NEXT FRONT ALONG TX COAST SUNSET MON RACING TO PSN FROM FL PANHANDLE TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA AT SUNSET TUE...BEST GUESS FOR IS ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF 30 KT NLY MAX IN CAA BEHIND FRONT. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... CURRENTLY CDFNT SLOWING FROM 23N55W TO N CENTRAL HISPANIOLA WITH RIDGE BEHIND FRONT ALONG 31N70W TO 27N55W. POST FRONTAL SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 FT OVER WATERS JUST S OF BERMUDA INCREASING TO NEAR 20 FT AT 30N55W WITH THIS SWELL TRAIN...AND SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...REACHING VIRGIN ISLANDS MIDDAY SAT AND AT COAST OF S AMERICA NEAR 08N59W SUNRISE MON. REMNANTS OF THIS FRONT CURRENTLY EXTEND FROM SE BAHAMAS TO SE GA AND EXPECTED TO LIFT NE LATE TODAY DEVELOPING INTO A WARM FRONT EARLY TONIGHT AS NEXT CDFNT REACHES SE GA AND NE FL COAST. MINIMAL GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 28N IN SLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE CDFNT BY EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY WITH WARNING SHIFTING E OF 55W SAT NIGHT. NEW ROUND OF NLY SWELLS WILL PUSH S INTO WATERS S OF BERMUDA WITH RESULTANT SEAS NEAR 22 FT S OF BERMUDA SUNRISE SUN...AND SEAS TO 8 FT REACHING N BAHAMAS SUN NIGHT...AND REACHING THE SE BAHAMAS AND VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE MON NIGHT. PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES WITH WINDS CLOCKING TO S OVER NW WATERS TUE WITH NEXT COLD FRONT ALONG GA COAST TUE NIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY NLY WINDS MAXING AT 30 KT. CARIBBEAN... TIGHT GRADIENT MAINTAINING STRONG TRADES...TO 30 KT...OVER S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND FRESH TRADES REMAINDER OF THE AREA. GRADIENT EXPECTED TO RELAX THIS AFTERNOON. A CDFNT MOVE THROUGH WINDWARD PASSAGE TONIGHT REACHING FROM SE CUBA TO HONDURAS LATE SAT THEN STALLING AND DISSIPATING FROM HISPANIOLA TO NICARAGUA SUN NIGHT INTO MON. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING ACROSS NW HISPANIOLA TO JAMAICA WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 28N E OF FRONT TONIGHT AND SAT... CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ084...GALE WARNING N OF 26N E OF FRONT... .GMZ086...GALE WARNING N OF 26N E OF FRONT... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON