000 AGXX40 KNHC 300739 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 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 THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS OFF THE VERACRUZ STATE. SCATTEROMETER DATA FROM 1630 UTC 35-40 KT WINDS S OF 21N AND W OF 95W. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL AND WILL DISSIPATE BY SUN...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW GALE FORCE LATER THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST MON AND TUE...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 EARLY TUE MORNING WITH FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO LATE TUE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... TROPICAL STORM ALREADY AT 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT BASED ON AIR RECON. TOMAS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS BEFORE REACHING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN 57W AND 67W ALONG THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE. TOMAS WILL MOVE WNW INTO THE E CARIBBEAN THIS EVENING AND REACH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND SEAS GREATER THAN 20 FT CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN 90-120 NM OF THE CENTER OF TOMAS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE BASIN. SW N ATLC... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SHARY HAS MOVED N OF THE AREA BUT WINDS AND SEAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE AREA A FEW MORE HOURS THIS MORNING BEFORE SHARY MERGES WITH A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. IT WILL STALL TONIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS A STATIONARY FRONT THROUGH TUE. WARNINGS... ATLC... .HURRICANE WARNING FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 57W...AMZ087. CARIBBEAN... .HURRICANE WARNING FROM 13N TO 17N E OF 67W...AMZ086. GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING S OF 22N W OF 94W...GMZ082. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL