000 AGXX40 KNHC 140811 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 310 AM EST SUN FEB 14 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 1020 MB OVER LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS HAS RIDGE ACROSS ENTIRE GULF REGION. FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS S OF 25N E OF 84W LINGER THRU EARLY TODAY. WINDS QUICKLY VEER E AND SE AS SECOND COLD FRONT ENTERS NW GULF REGION TONIGHT WITH MORE GALE FORCE WINDS BEHIND IT W OF 92W. FRONT MOVE RAPIDLY SE EXITING AREA MON NIGHT. SEA CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE BEHIND COLD FRONT DUE STRONG NLY FLOW. SEA HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO REACH 12 FT EXPECTED OVER SW GULF LATE MON. HIGH PRES BUILD INTO NW PORTION WED AND MOVE EWD TOWARD SE LOUISIANA THU. SLY RETURN FLOW SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATE THU. CARIBBEAN... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM EASTERN CUBA TO COSTA RICA WITH STRONG NW WINDS AND SEAS TO 8 FT W OF BOUNDARY. FRONT WEAKEN FROM HAITI TO COSTA RICA THEN DISSIPATE LATER TODAY AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS S INTO WESTERN CARIBBEAN MON. SECOND COLD FRONT MOVE INTO NW CARIBBEAN TUE AND REACH FROM EASTERN CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS LATE WED. FRESH TRADES DOMINATES REMAINDER OF CARIBBEAN EXCEPT STRONGER ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. LONG PERIOD NW SWELL WITH HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN COAST OF GREATER ANTILLES AND SEEP THROUGH ATLC PASSAGES INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO IN MONTSERRAT AT POSITION 16.7N 62.2W IN THE LESSER ANTILLES INDICATES THAT A THINNING VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD PERSISTS AT THE LOWER LEVEL SPREADING NW. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISES CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES COULD IMPACT MARINE OPERATIONS. ASH CLOUD EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE TODAY. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT N OF 25N ON W SIDE OF COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 26N65W TO E TIP OF CUBA. FRONT EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVER SE PORTION THROUGH MON MORNING. SECOND COLD FRONT ENTER SW N ATLC WATERS MON REACHING FROM 31N74W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE MON...FROM 28N65W TO EASTERN CUBA LATE TUE AND FROM 25N65W TO HAITI LATE WED. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS S OF 28N. .GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF 95W MON. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES