000 AGXX40 KNHC 010807 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT MON NOV 1 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... HIGH PRES AND ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY TUE MORNING WITH STRONG TO NEAR GALE N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO TUE NIGHT. A LOW ALONG THE FRONT WILL INTENSIFY IN THE NORTHERN GULF WED WITH A REINFORCING PUSH OF COLD AIR THAT WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO NEAR GALE WINDS PERSISTING OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH THU NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED W OF 95W IN THE SW GULF THU AND FRI. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... TOMAS HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY DUE TO STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS. AT 2 AM EDT IT WAS LOCATED NEAR 14N 67W WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 KT. TOMAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WNW WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY THROUGH WED NIGHT THEN TURN NORTHWARD NEAR 75W S OF HAITI AND INTENSIFY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 20 FT CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN 120 NM OF THE CENTER OF TOMAS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. SW N ATLC... A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO 27N75W. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. FRESH E WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THU AS TOMAS MOVES THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN. WARNINGS... CARIBBEAN... .TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 12N TO 18N E OF 73W...AMZ086. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL