000 AGXX40 KNHC 251747 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM SE LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO WITLL EXTEND FROM MOBILE ALABAMA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE BY THIS EVENING. A BRIEF SURGE OF NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20-25 KT WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SOUTHERLY 20-25 KT WINDS N OF 27N AND E OF THE FRONT. A SQUALL LINE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF IS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI AND FINALLY SE OF THE GULF FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS DOWN FROM THE NW-N BEHIND THE FRONT FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TX COAST LATE SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN AND WILL STALL OUT AS IT MOVES INTO THE SE-S GULF SUN THROUGH MON THEN DISSIPATE TUE. HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLC WILL MOVE E AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE FAR W PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE E OFF THE FLORIDA COAST FRI EXTENDING FROM 31N75W TO NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL FRI AFTERNOON THEN FROM 31N65W TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS EARLY SAT AND FROM 25N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY SAT EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-30 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND N OF 27N AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT AND N OF 28N. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING AGAIN OVER THE FAR W PORTION BY SUN NIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES E OFF FLORIDA LATE SUN NIGHT INTO EARLY MON REACHING FROM NEAR 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA MON THEN WEAKEN FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRES TO THE N OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND LOW PRES OVER INTERIOR COLOMBIA CONTINUES TO RESULT IN EASTERLY TRADES OF 20-25 KT IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WITH WINDS UP TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. MEANWHILE E-SE WINDS OF 15-20 KT COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS