000 AGXX40 KNHC 220612 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT THU APR 22 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W WEAK HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL STRENGTHEN LATER TODAY AND SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E INTO THE ATLC WITH 15-20 KT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF W OF AROUND 87W BY FRI AND SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF ON SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST SAT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO SAT AND FROM THE FLORDIA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MON. WEAK TROUGH OVER THE NW ATLC WILL MOVE E TODAY AND BE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SLY WINDS 15-20 KT E OF THE TROUGH TODAY THEN DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AS THE TROUGH MOVES TO THE E. OTHERWISE WEAK GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA RESULTING IN MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. WEAK HIGH PRES MOVES OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THESE CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO SAT...THEN SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA SUN AND MON AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE MON. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN TODAY THEN THE TRADES INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE SOME ON MON. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS