000 AGXX40 KNHC 140706 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 305 AM EST SUN MAR 14 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... A WEAK COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE FAR NE WATERS ATTM. A HIGH PRES CENTER OVER THE S CENTRAL GULF WILL SHIFT N OVER THE CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT THEN BE ABSORBED BY A STRONGER RIDGE BUILDING FROM SW LA TO NW CUBA MON WITH THE RIDGE EXPECTED TO SHIFT NE AND EXTEND FROM NE TX TO THE FL STRAITS BY MID WEEK. SLY WINDS OVER THE SW GULF WILL BECOME NLY AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS N WITH NLY FLOW DOMINATING THE ENTIRE GULF TUE AND AND WED EXCEPT BECOMING LGT VRBL NE WATERS WED NIGHT INTO THU AS HIGH CENTER DEVELOPS IN THAT AREA. TROPICAL ATLC AND CARIBBEAN SEA... ALTHOUGH REMNANT CLOUDS STILL REMAIN NEAR 18N58W THE PERSISTENT BROAD FRONTAL TROUGH HAS BEEN DROPPED FRONT THE SURFACE ANALYSIS. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FRO E CUBA TO SAN ANDRES PER A VERY DEFINITIVE CLOUD LINE. EXPECT FRONTAL SEGMENT S OF 18N TO STALL FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO 11N82W LATE TODAY WITH WHATEVER REMAINS LIKELY DRIFTING NW EARLY THIS WEEK. THE FRONTAL SEGMENT N OF 18N WILL CONTINUE E INTO THE TROPICAL ZONE NEAR 22N65W MON NIGHT AND DISSECTING THIS N PORTION OF ZONE FROM 22N55W TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WED AND REACHING FROM 18N55W TO TO SOUTHERN LEEWARDS THU. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES CENTER CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC EXPECTED TO SHIFT E OF 40W N MON. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N68W TO EXTREME E CUBA WILL REACH FROM 31N65W TO HISPANIOLA MON NIGHT AND FROM 31N60W TO 22N58W TUE NIGHT AND E OF AREA WED NIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF NE FL COAST TODAY MAINTAINING W FLOW AT 25 TO 30 KT OVER THE WATERS N OF 28N AS FAR E AS 55W THROUGH LATE TUE NIGHT. GFS HINTING AT ANOTHER GALE WARNING LATE NEAR 30N65W BUT OTHER GUIDANCE IS NOT AS STRONG. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON