000 AGXX40 KNHC 261858 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST FRI FEB 26 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 OVER EXTREME NE OLD MEXICO AND LOW PRES OVER N TX WILL MERGE AND TRACK EASTWARD ALONG 27-28N TO W FL COAST ON SAT DRAGGING A STRONG CDFNT THROUGH THE FL STRAITS AROUND SUNSET SAT. HIGH PRES BUILDS BRIEFLY BEHIND FRONT AND SHIFTS E WITH WINDS CLOCKING TO SE OVER W GULF BY SUNRISE SUN. SLY FLOW INCREASES AND SPREADS E OVER ALL WATERS SUN NIGHT. AROUND SUNRISE MON GUIDANCE SUGGESTS PATTERN REPEATS WITH ANOTHER LOW OVER NEAR 27N96W MOVING E TO FL BIG BEND AREA AROUND SUNRISE TUE TRAILING CDFNT TO FL STRAITS TUE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS WED WITH SLY FLOW INCREASING OVER THE W GULF THU. CARIBBEAN SEA... A FRONTAL TROUGH FROM PUERTO RICO TO PANAMA WILL LOSE IDENTITY EARLY SAT. N WINDS W OF TROUGH WILL CLOCK TO SE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT IN YUCATAN CHANNEL SAT AFTERNOON. W TO NW WINDS 25-30 KT BEHIND FRONT EARLY SAT NIGHT THEN DIMINISH TO 15-20 KT BY SUNRISE SUN WITH REMNANTS OF FRONT FROM PUERTO RICO TO SE NICARAGUA SUNRISE MON. SLY WINDS INCREASE AGAIN NW WATERS MON THEN SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND NEXT FRONT JUST AFTER SUNRISE TUE. WINDS CLOCK TO N WED AND TO NE THU. NE TO E WINDS DOMINATE E CARIBBEAN THROUGH PERIOD AS FRONT WASH OUT OVER THE N WATERS. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... PROGRESSIVE PATTERN REPEATS WITH FRONTAL TROUGH LYING E-W ALONG 16N IN TROPICAL WATERS WILL MERGE WITH COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM 31N57W TO PUERTO RICO. MAY SEE SOME FRONTAL REMNANTS LIFT NE SAT AS NEXT SOMEWHAT REINFORCED STRONG FRONT MOVES OFF FL COAST AND RACES TO ATLC WATERS NE VIRGIN ISLANDS SUN NIGHT. NW TO SE RIDGE JUST E AND PARALLEL TO BAHAMAS ON MON NIGHT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY NE PASSING S OF BERMUDA LATE TUE. BY THEN ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT RACES OFF GA COAST PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS TUE NIGHT STALLING OVER ATLC WATERS NE VIRGIN ISLANDS THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 27N E-W OF CDFNT SAT-SUN. .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 26N W OF 73W TUE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON. .GMZ084...GALE WARNING N OF 25N SAT AND CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 25N MON. .GMZ086...GALE WARNING S OF 28N SAT...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 25N MON NIGHT-TUE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON