000 AGXX40 KNHC 211840 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 PM EST SUN FEB 21 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO WARM FRONT FROM JUST S OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA TO 28N87W TO NEAR KEY WEST. THE FRONT WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY MON AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MON EVENING AND E OF THE AREA TUE. HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHICH TIGHTENS THE GRADIENT SOME FOR NE WIND TO AROUND 20 KT OVER THE NW GULF TUE. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE TUE NIGHT WITH MODELS STILL INDICATING POSSIBLE GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE SW GULF W OF THE FRONT. THE GALE WILL CONTINUE INTO WED THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY ON THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT THEN SHIFTS E FRI WITH 15-20 KT SLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW GULF. WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS THE ATLC WITH WINDS IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO 23N79W TUE...WITH SLY WINDS UP TO 25 KT E OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WEAKENS OVER THE E PORTION OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT AND MOVES E OF THE AREA WED...WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. THE NEXT STRONGER FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST WED NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU AND OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA ON FRI. STRONG WINDS BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT THU. LARGE NW SWELLS MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND LINGER INTO FRI. DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE TROPICAL ATLC AND NE CARIBBEAN EXTENDS FROM 19N55W 17N69W...WILL BECOME DIFFUSE TONIGHT. STRONG TRADES CONTINUE OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE MON NIGHT AS THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES E AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE TAIL END OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE TUE THEN DISSIPATES. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN TUE NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NICARAGUA THU THEN DISSIPATES OVER THE NE CARIBBEAN FRI. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT W OF THE FRONT ON THU THEN DECREASE ON FRI. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS