000 AGXX40 KNHC 021800 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST TUE MAR 02 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 NW FLORIDA WILL SHIFT E INTO THE ATLC WATERS BY SUNSET TODAY. NLY FLOW OF 20 TO 30 KT ACROSS THE REGION BUT GALE CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. STRONG HIGH PRES IN WAKE OF FRONT MOVES INTO THE GULF WED RELAXING WED NIGHT 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. RIDGE N TO S ALONG 87W THROUGH SAT SHIFTING OVER THE E GULF ON SUN. SEEMS LIKE NEXT SHORTWAVE WILL NOT ARRIVE TX COAST TILL MON AFTERNOON. TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 22N55W TO OVER HISPANIOLA AND WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH WED. A SECOND COLD FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WATERS ACCOMPANIED BY NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH A REINFORCING SURGE TO 30 KT EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT DRIVING SEAS TO PERHAPS 12 FT IN AND JUST DOWNSTREAM YUCATAN CHANNEL BY MIDNIGHT. POST FRONTAL WINDS WILL CLOCK TO DUE LATE WED NIGHT AND THU W OF 75W BECOMING N TO NE FRI THROUGH SUN. E OF 75W...A BROAD TROUGH WILL SET UP TO THE S OF 15N ALONG ROUGHLY 69W RESULTING IN NE TO SE WINDS AT 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE SE ALONG N COAST S AMERICA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W... SLY GALE FORCE WINDS ARE OVER THE NW WATERS N OF 27N W OF 75W AS ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE REGION THIS EVENING TRACKING E. GALE WINDS SHIFT TO W AS FAR S AS 26N AS FRONT PASSES THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED MORNING REACHING THE ATLC WATERS NE OF THE PUERTO RICO THU...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW GALE FORCE. FRONT WILL THEN STALL THU NIGHT NE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND MEANDER THROUGH SUN AS WAKE HIGH PRES WEAKENS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 26N THROUGH LATE WED NIGHT. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLACE/NELSON