000 AGXX40 KNHC 251748 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM 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... SLY RETURN FLOW OVER ALL GULF WATERS ATTM WITH STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE NW PORTION. A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST AROUND SUNSET TODAY AND RACES E REACHING FROM FL BIG BEND TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE FRI. N WINDS S OF 25N BEHIND FRONT INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BRIEFLY FRI AFTERNOON...BASICALLY OVER WATERS W OF 95W...THEN QUICKLY DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 KT EARLY FRI NIGHT. THE FRONT BEGINS TO SLOW AS IT REACHES FL STRAITS FRI NIGHT AND SAT. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS FRONT WASHING OUT OVER SE GULF LATE SAT...BUT EXPECT SOME REMNANTS TO MEANDER OVER BAY OF CAMPECHE THROUGH SUN WITH WHATEVER REMAINS MOVING W OVER INLAND MEXICO SUN NIGHT AS E-SE WINDS SPREAD W ACROSS ENTIRE SW WATERS. THIS SLY RETURN FLOW WILL CONTINUE MON IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT ALONG TX COAST AROUND SUNSET MON. THIS SECOND FRONT WILL MOVE TO PSN FROM MS DELTA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE ACCOMPANIED BY N WINDS REACHING GALE FORCE AS EARLY AS TUE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO LATE TUE NIGHT. FRONT WILL REACH OVER THE FLORIDA BAY AREA LATE TUE NIGHT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TIGHT PRES GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG NE TRADES OVER AREA E OF 83W THROUGH SAT EXCEPT OVER W CARIBBEAN WHERE WINDS WILL BECOME NE-E 10-15 KT THROUGH MON THEN TURNING SE AND INCREASING TUE. NE WINDS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY SAT OVER E CARIBBEAN AS ATLC RIDGE IS FORCED E BY COLD FRONT. GRADIENT WILL RESTRENGTHEN SUN NIGHT AND MON AS REMNANTS OF FRONT WASH OUT OVER ATLC WATERS N OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. LARGE N SWELLS IN WAKE OF FRONT WILL DRIVE SEAS HEIGHTS TO 14 FT OVER WATERS NEAR 22N55W FRI NIGHT...WITH SEAS TO 11 FT SPREADING INTO NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES SAT. SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT REACHES YUCATAN CHANNEL AROUND SUNRISE WED. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT IS RACING S OVER THE EASTERN ATLC WATERS WHILE ALMOST STATIONARY ALREADY NEAR 31N78W. THE ASSOCIATED STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR E OF 65W WITH NW-N WINDS 25 KT AND SEAS TO 22N OVER AREA ALONG 55W TONIGHT. W PORTION OF THE FRONTAL REMNANTS WILL MOVE NE AS WEAK WARM FRONT FRI IN INCREASING SLY FLOW OVER WATERS W OF 70W. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW PORTION LATE FRI AND REACH FROM BERMUDA TO FL STRAITS LATE SAT. REMNANTS OF THIS SECOND FRONT WILL EXTEND E-W ALONG 27N SUN AND EXPECTED TO MOVE SLIGHTLY NE SUN NIGHT AND MON AS SLY FLOW INCREASES AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF THIRD COLD FRONT MOVING OFF GA COAST LATE TUE NIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WRNG FRI AFTERNOON S OF 25N W OF 95W... .GMZ080 AND GMZ082...GALE CONDS EXPECTED TUE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON