000 AGXX40 KNHC 291823 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 PM 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 EXTENDS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS OFF THE VERACRUZ STATE. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE FLORIDA STRAITS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE STALLING. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE THIS WEEKEND...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW GALE FORCE SAT MORNING. AFTERWORDS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD JUST N OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 15 KT OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON NIGHT/EARLY TUE MORNING. THE FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO TUE NIGHT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... LATEST ASCAT PASS AS WELL AS BUOY AND SHIP OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WITH MODERATE WINDS PREVAILING OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN. AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE IS IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC WITH THE LATEST ASCAT PASS INDICATING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. LOW PRESSURE IS ALONG THE WAVE NEAR 9N56W. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE THAT THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE WAVE/LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD AND REACH THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SATURDAY WITH AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS. THE WAVE/LOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON. SW N ATLC... AT 2 PM...TROPICAL STORM SHARY...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MPH WAS MOVING NNE AT 12 MPH. SHARY WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE U.S. AND EXTENDS FROM 31N74W THIS AFTERNOON. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ARE NW OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM FROM 28N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SAT WHERE IT WILL STALL AND THEN DRIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT SUN AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. WARNINGS... ATLC... .TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 29N E OF 68W...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING S OF 22N W OF 94W...GMZ082. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL