000 AGXX40 KNHC 281819 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 120 PM EST SUN FEB 28 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 THE N CENTRAL GULF ATTM WILL SHIFT NE TO THE CAROLINAS LATE MON. SLY RETURN FLOW ALREADY INCREASING OVER W WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND SPREAD E TO OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS MON. ANOTHER LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE OFF THE NE TX COAST AT SUNRISE MON DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT OFF THE TX AND NE MEXICAN COASTS MIDDAY MON. THIS SYSTEM WILL RACE E WITH THE LOW MOVING INLAND FL BIG BEND TUE AFTERNOON AND THE COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE FL STRAITS BY SUNSET TUE. EXPECTING GALE CONDITIONS N OF 26N IN THE CENTRAL AND NE WATERS...BUT IF THE LOW IS DEEPER...OR TRACKS MORE E THAT ENE... THE GALE AREA MAY SHIFT S. HIGH PRES BUILDS TUE NIGHT AND WED WITH SLY FLOW INCREASING OVER THE W GULF LATE THU AND SE WINDS OF 15-20 KT SPREADING E OVER THE CENTRAL GULF LATE FRI. TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... PRIMARILY COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM E CUBA TO NE NICARAGUA AND STILL SEEMS TO HAVE PLENTY OF SE MOVEMENT SO EXPECT IT TO REACH AT LEAST COSTA RICA BEFORE IT FINALLY STALLS. THE NORTHERN PORTION WILL REACH FROM 22N55W TO PUERTO RICO MON NIGHT BEFORE IT BEGINS TO STALL WITH REMNANTS LIFTING N LATE TUE OVER WATERS N OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. SLY WINDS INCREASE AGAIN NW CARIBBEAN WATERS MON NIGHT AND SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND NEXT FRONT JUST AFTER SUNRISE TUE MORNING. WINDS CLOCK TO N AND NE WED THROUGH THU. NE TO E WINDS DOMINATE E CARIBBEAN THROUGH PERIOD AS FRONTS WASH OUT OVER THE CENTRAL AND SW WATERS WITH GRADIENT SUPPORTING 15-20 KT ALONG N COAST S AMERICA. ATLC WATERS E OF CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE TO MIX OF N AND E SWELLS WITH WINDS SHIFTING OVER THE WATERS N OF 18N AS FRONTS STALL IN THAT AREA. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... PROGRESSIVE PATTERN REPEATS. REMNANTS OF FRONTAL TROUGH STILL EXTEND NE-SW ACROSS TROPICAL WATERS FROM 22N55W TO PUERTO RICO...AND ARE LIFTING N AS EXPECTED. STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL CONTINUE TO RACE E REACHING ATLC WATERS NE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ALONG 26N MON THROUGH TUE WITH SLY FLOW INCREASING RAPIDLY TUE OVER THE WESTERN WATERS INCREASING TO STRONG GALE BY MIDDAY TUE E OF ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT RACING OFF GA COAST TUE NIGHT...WITH MINIMAL GALE W OF FRONT. FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED MORNING AND STALL OVER ATLC WATERS NE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE THU AS WAKE HIGH PRES WEAKENS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 27N E OF 72W E CDFNT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 27N EITHER SIDE OF FRONT TUE-WED. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ084...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 26N MON NIGHT-TUE. .GMZ086...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 26N MON NIGHT-TUE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON