000 AGXX40 KNHC 290642 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE GULF FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. LATEST WINDSAT AND BUOY DATA INDICATE WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS W OF THE FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE GULF THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE FORMS OVER THE NW CORNER OF THE AREA. THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE E-NE ACROSS THE N WATERS ALLOWING SLY RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED NIGHT INTO THU AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO SHIFT OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI NIGHT. SW N ATLC W OF 55W... ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR 24N55W TO 22N65W. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA TODAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA TODAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING. GALE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST E OF THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY N OF 29N AND WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT...FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TUE NIGHT...FROM 31N61W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WED NIGHT...FROM 27N55W TO THE EASTERN BAHAMAS FRI NIGHT...AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... BASED ON THE LATEST ASCAT AND WINDSAT PASSES...FRESH TO STRONG TRADES ARE NOTED OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WITH MODERATE TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BASIN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PART OF THE BASIN THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY NLY WINDS OF 20 KT AND BUILDING SEAS TO AROUND 7 FT. THE FRONT WILL REACH A POSITION FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO E HONDURAS TONIGHT...THEN FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE SW CARIBBEAN TUE NIGHT...AND DISSIPATE OVER THE CARIBBEAN WATERS WED INTO THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL