000 AGXX40 KNHC 060646 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 AM EST SAT MAR 06 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE EASTERN US...WITH ANTICYCLONIC FLOW EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. LATEST WINDSAT PASS AND BUOY OBS INDICATE E TO SE RETURN FLOW OF 15 TO 20 KT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF WATERS. FROM THE LATEST BUOY OBS...COMBINED SEAS ARE 3 TO 5 FT OVER THE WESTERN GULF...AND 2 TO 3 FT OVER THE EASTERN GULF. ANTICYCLONIC FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH TUE. SE RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF MON AND TUE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST WED AFTERNOON. TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE FAR N PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC WATERS TO PUERTO RICO...WITH A SHEAR LINE EXTENDING FROM PUERTO RICO TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE SHEAR LINE WAS DEPICTED WELL IN THE LATEST ASCAT PASS. WINDS TO THE WEST OF THE SHEAR LINE ARE 15 TO 20 KT...AND 10 TO 15 KT EAST OF THE SHEAR LINE. WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE FAR E PART OF THE AREA. BROAD TROUGHING AND CYCLONIC FLOW IS EVIDENT ACROSS THE N PART OF THE AREA...WITH WINDS OF 20 KT AS PER LATEST ASCAT PASS...AND RIDGE SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND...AND WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WED MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING E OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUN...AND WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 20 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE. SE WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE FAR WESTERN PORTION BEGINNING WED IN RESPONSE TO LOWERING PRESSURES OVER THE SE UNITED STATES. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL