000 AGXX40 KNHC 011813 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 110 PM EST MON MAR 01 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 NW GULF ATTM WILL SHIFT ENE TO A PSN OVER S GA TUE AFTERNOON DRAGGING A STRONG CDFNT TO THE CENTRAL WATERS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE FL STRAITS AROUND SUNSET TUE. SLY RETURN FLOW TO 20 KT ALREADY AS FAR E AS 89W...PER NOAA SHIP...AND AS STRONG AS 30 KT ON ELEVATED PLATFORMS IN NW GULF. EXPECT GALE CONDITIONS N OF 26N IN THE EXTREME NE PORTION OF THE NW GULF ZONE...N OF 26N IN THE MIDDLE AND E GULF ZONES AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND ENDING NE WATERS BY MIDNIGHT TUE NIGHT....NOTE A LITTLE FASTER THAN PREVIOUS GUIDANCE. STRONG HIGH PRES IN WAKE OF FRONT RELAXES TUE NIGHT INTO WED WITH SLY FLOW INCREASING OVER THE W GULF THU NIGHT AND SE WINDS OF 15-20 KT SPREADING E OVER THE CENTRAL GULF FRI NIGHT WITH RIDGE N TO S ALONG 87W THROUGH SAT. SEEMS LIKE NEXT SHORTWAVE WILL NOT ARRIVE TX COAST TILL MIDDAY MON. TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... INITIAL COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 22N65W ACROSS HISPANIOLA TO CENTRAL PANAMA. WHILE THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT WASHES OUT OVER THE CENTRAL AND SW CARIBBEAN THE NORTHERN PORTION WILL CONTINUE E BECOMING ORIENTATED E TO W ALONG 20N TO THE E OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND TUE...THEN REMNANTS LIFT N TUE NIGHT. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE EXTREME NW CARIBBEAN WATERS TONIGHT...SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND NEXT FRONT JUST AFTER SUNRISE TUE MORNING. POST FRONTAL WINDS WILL CLOCK TO N WED THROUGH THU W OF 75W AND BECOME NE FRI AND SAT. E OF 75W...A BROAD TROUGH WILL SET UP TO THE S OF 15N ALONG 69W RESULTING IN NE TO SE WINDS AT 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT S OF 14N THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... BROAD FRONTAL ZONE NOTED SE OF LINE 27N55W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE NEARLY STATIONARY AND EXPECT SOME OF THESE CLOUDS TO LIFT N TONIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ALONG 26N TONIGHT THROUGH TUE WITH SLY FLOW INCREASING RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN WATERS INCREASING TO GALE BY MIDDAY TUE EITHER SIDE OF ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT RACING OFF GA COAST AROUND SUNSET TUE. FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED MORNING AND STALL OVER ATLC WATERS NE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THU NIGHT AND FRI AS WAKE HIGH PRES WEAKENS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. N WINDS 15 THROUGH OUT ON SAT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 25N EITHER SIDE OF FRONT TUE-WED. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 27N E OF 92W TONIGHT... .GMZ084...GALE WARNING N OF 26N TONIGHT-TUE. .GMZ086...GALE WARNING N OF 26N TONIGHT-TUE NIGHT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON