000 AGXX40 KNHC 060602 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W AN E TO W RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO MAINTAIN E-SE 15-20 KT WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND NW GULF. THESE WINDS SPREAD ACROSS ALL BUT THE NE GULF TONIGHT AND WED. STRONG LATE SEASON COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE WED. STRONG NLY WINDS INCREASE W OF THE FRONT TO 25-30 KT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE THU AND FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI AND THEN E OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NW GULF FRI AFTERNOON AND MOVES E SAT. ELY WINDS 150-20 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SAT. HIGH PRES...1024 MB...CENTERED NEAR 30N74W THE HIGH WILL SHIFT E TO 29N69W WED THEN E OF THE AREA WED NIGHT. ELY WINDS 15-20 KT ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH S OF 25N THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE AS THE HIGH MOVES FURTHER E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N76W 27N80W FRI. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N OF 28N E OF THE FRONT...WITH NLY WINDS 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY E AND WEAKEN FROM 31N65W TO E CUBA SAT. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT. DISSIPATING COLD FRONT IN THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 16N55W TO 14N58W WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER THIS MORNING. NE TO E TRADES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TILL NEXT FRONT ARRIVE YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE SAT. E WINDS TO 20 KT ARE ALSO NOTED ACROSS THE WINDWARD AND MONA PASSAGES. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS