000 AGXX40 KNHC 141926 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 325 PM 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... POST FRONTAL W-NW FLOW ACROSS THE NE GULF CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY WITH SEAS BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE TO 8 FT OR LESS OFF OF THE W CENTRAL COAST OF FLORIDA....WITH A MILD DECREASE IN BOTH WIND AND SEAS EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS. WWIII UNDERFORECAST THIS EVENT PAST 36 HOURS WITH THE NEW PARALLEL RUN A BIT BETTER...BUT STILL LOW. HIGH PRES CENTERED 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... DISSIPATING FRONTAL REMNANT EXTENDED THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NEAR THE COSTA RICA-HONDURAS BORDER...WITH WINDS BELOW 20 KT AND SEAS BELOW 8 FT TO THE NW OF FRONT. ATLC PORTION OF FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SLOWLY SE AND DRAG ACROSS HISPANIOLA NEXT 48 HOURS. E-SE FLOW AROUND 20 KT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE FAR SRN CARIB WITH SEAS JUST UNDER 8 FT. SE TO S FLOW ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE...WITH MODERATE TRADES S OF 16N E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES CENTER CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC EXPECTED TO SHIFT E OF 40W BY MON AS W ATLC COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE E TO SE. WLY FLOW BEHIND A SECONDARY SURGE CURRENTLY W OF 70W HAS PUMPED UP SEAS AGAIN TODAY...WITH W PORTIONS HAVING PEAKED AND WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SLOWLY TONIGHT. COLD FRONT TO MOVE E AND SE OF AREA WITHIN 48 HOURS...HOWEVER DEVELOPING LOW OFF THE MID ATLC COASTS WILL ENHANCE WLY FLOW ACROSS N PORTIONS OF THE AREA TO PRODUCE A BROAD AREA OF 25-30 KT WINDS BY TUE WITH SEAS BUILDING 12-15 FT AND HIGHER. GALES COULD BE NEEDED BEYOND TUE AFTERNOON AS THIS AREA OF WLY FLOW SHIFTS E AND EXPANDS... SUPPORTED BY DEEP LAYERED WLY FLOW ALOFT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER STRIPLING