000 AGXX40 KNHC 290742 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM EDT FRI OCT 29 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. GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS. BUOY OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE STRONG TO NEAR GALE N TO NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL PUSH FURTHER SE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 22N94W TO 18N94W LATER MORNING WITH STRONGEST WINDS W OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE OFF THE COAST OF VERACRUZ STATE IN THE FAR SW GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY WITH SEAS TO 14 FT. GALES WILL PERSIST FOR ABOUT 12-18 HOURS S OF 22N W OF 95W. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH SAT AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES AND STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER NORTHERN GULF. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST 12-24 HOURS AS RIDGING NORTH OF THE AREA SHIFTS NE. FURTHER EAST...AN VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDS FROM 06N TO 14N ALONG 53W WITH A 1006 MB SURFACE LOW ALONG THE WAVE NEAR 8.5N. THE LOW ALONG THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WNW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT... MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SAT...AND REACH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE LOW AND WITHIN 120 NM OF THE WAVE THROUGH SUN. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO S FLORIDA TONIGHT...AND FROM 29N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SAT. THE FRONT WILL STALL SAT NIGHT AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE THROUGH MON. FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT CAN BE EXPECTED AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SE U.S. TROP STORM SHARY NEAR 28N64.5W AT 200 AM EDT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE N AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THEN TRANSITION INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE N OF THE AREA AS IT MERGES WITH THE FRONT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY N OF 28N E OF 67W TODAY. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EXTREME NE PART OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. WARNINGS... ATLC... .TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 28N E OF 67W...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING S OF 22N W OF 95W...GMZ082. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL