000 AGXX40 KNHC 150610 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 AM EDT FRI OCT 15 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. THE IMPACT OF PAULA IN THE SE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE DIMINISHING TODAY AS PAULA CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE E...SO EXPECT DECREASING WINDS AND SUBSIDING SEAS. OTHERWISE 15-20 KT WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE EASTERN GULF WILL ALSO DECREASE LATER TODAY. WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE FAR NW GULF LATE TODAY AND WINDS BECOME 10 KT OR LES OVER THE NW GULF. THE HIGH LINGERS THROUGH SAT EVENING THEN DISSIPATES EARLY SUN. WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 KT OR LESS ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR SE GULF THROUGH EARLY TUE. LATEST NHC ADVISORY BRINGS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH PAULA OVER THE FAR SW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE TODAY..THEN DECREASES PAULA TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY THIS EVENING. T.D. PAULA FORECAST TO MOVE E THOUGH SAT THEN WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW SAT NIGHT AND DISSIPATE SUN EVENING. OTHERWISE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE NW ATLC WILL MOVE E AND MERGE WITH A TROUGH CURRENTLY FROM 31N70W TO THE BAHAMAS THE MERGED TROUGH AND FRONT WILL EXPEND FROM 32N67 TO 26N74W THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM 30N65W TO 26N70W TONIGHT AND WEAKENING FROM 27N65W TO 25N70W SAT THEN DISSIPATE SAT NIGHT. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT N OF 30N W OF THE FRONT TO 75W TODAY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. SLY WINDS N OF 28N E OF THE FRONT WILL ALSO DECREASE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS 10 KT OR LESS N OF 25N AND 15-20 KT S OF 25N BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. TROPICAL STORM PAULA HAS A VERY SMALL WIND FIELD AND WILL NOT HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN GENERALLY W OF 80W. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE TONIGHT...BUT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN W OF 80W...THEN DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT SAT NIGHT. TROUGH OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN FROM 17N-13N ALONG 80W WILL REMAIN STATIONARY. GFS AND EUROPEAN MODELS DEVELOP A BROAD LOW OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE GFS BRINGS STRONG WINDS WITH THE LOW...HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE CURRENT WORDING OF WINDS 15 KT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 24N W OF 79W...AMZ088, CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS