000 AGXX40 KNHC 250724 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 AM EST THU NOV 25 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... ATLC HIGH PRES CENTER FORCES SLY RETURN FLOW W OF 95W SPREADING E TO ENTIRE GULF WATERS LATER TODAY. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST LATE THU AND REACHES FROM FL BIG BEND TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE FRI. N WINDS BEHIND FRONT S OF 25N INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BRIEFLY LATE FRI. FRONT BEGINS TO SLOW AS IT REACHES STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI NIGHT AND SAT. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS FRONT WASHING OUT OVER SE GULF LATE SAT...BUT EXPECT REMNANTS TO MEANDER OVER BAY OF CAMPECHE THROUGH MOST OF SUN. SLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP AGAIN SUN NIGHT AND MON IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT ALONG TEXAS COAST LATE MON ACCOMPANIED BY NEAR GALE N WINDS. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... PRES GRADIENT MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG NE TRADES OVER AREA E OF 83W THROUGH SAT. WINDS WEAKEN EXPECTED LATE SAT AS ATLC RIDGE IS FORCED E BY COLD FRONT GRADIENT RE-STRENGTHEN SUN NIGHT AND MON AS REMNANTS OF FRONT WASH OUT. LARGE N SWELLS BEHIND FRONT DRIVE SEAS HEIGHTS UP TO 15 FT SPREADING INTO NE CARIBBEAN THROUGH PASSAGES SAT. SW N ATLC... COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN WATERS FROM 31N56W TO 29N55W TO 31N80W. FRONT MOVES E OF AREA WITH GALE FORCE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF FRONT THROUGH SAT. W PORTION OF FRONTAL REMNANTS MOVE NE AS WEAK WARM FRONT FRI AS INCREASING SLY FLOW OVER WATERS W OF 70W. SECOND COLD FRONT MOVE INTO NW PORTION LATE FRI AND REACH FROM BERMUDA TO S FL LATE SAT. REMNANTS OF SECOND FRONT EXTEND E TO W ALONG 27N SUN AND EXPECTED TO MOVE NE SUN NIGHT AND MON AS SLY FLOW INCREASES AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF THIRD COLD FRONT MOVING OFF GA COAST LATE TUE. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRI S OF 25N W OF 95W... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES