000 AGXX40 KNHC 070646 RRA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 PM 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 ALONG THE EASTERN US...EXTENDING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING...ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IS FOUND IN THE GULF LATEST ASCAT PASS INDICATES 15 TO 20 KT WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF WITH SEAS OF 3 TO 5 FT. ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE GULF...10 TO 15 KT WINDS AND SEAS OF 1 TO 3 FT PREVAILS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT INTO THE ATLANTIC THROUGH TUE. ANTICYCLONIC FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WED MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST WED AFTERNOON. TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC ZONE WITH A SHEAR LINE EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TO THE NE COAST OF COLOMBIA AS INDICATED BY THE LATEST ASCAT PASS. WINDS TO THE WEST OF THE BOUNDARY IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE 20 TO 25 KT...AND 10 TO 15 KT EAST OF THE BOUNDARY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SW N ATLANTIC PREVAILING THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...15 TO 20 KT TRADES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN. SW N ATLC... A TROUGH/COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM NEAR 30N54W TO E CUBA. FROM THE LATEST ASCAT PASS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT PREVAILS W OF THIS FRONT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT E AND MERGE WITH THE COLD/STATIONARY FRONT TO THE EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH SUN. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO ABATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE NEXT WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT...EVENTUALLY SHIFTING TO JUST NE OF THE AREA WED AFTERNOON. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR W PORTION BEGINNING WED INTO THU IN RESPONSE TO NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST LATE THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL