000 AGXX40 KNHC 030749 CCA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST FRI DEC 3 2010 CORRECTED TO INCLUDING GALE WARNING UNDER ATLC 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... LATEST BUOY OBSERVATIONS FORM ACROSS THE AREA ARE SHOWING A CONTINUING DECREASE OF WIND SPEEDS THROUGHOUT AS HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE FAR N CENTRAL WATERS ALONG AND NEAR THE ALABAMA COAST SLOWLY SHIFTS SOUTHWARD WHILE WEAKENING. HIGHEST SEAS REPORTED ARE ABOUT 6 FT IN THE FAR SE WATERS NEAR THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WITH SEAS ELSEWHERE S OF 26N IN THE 3 TO 5 FT RANGE...AND 1 TO 2 FT N OF 26N. LIGHT TO MODERATE FLOW WILL PERSIST SAT ACROSS THE GULF AS THE HIGH BECOME SETTLED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. A FRONT WILL SAG S OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS SAT NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY FRESH TO STRONG N FLOW. MODELS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT WILL THEN PUSH FURTHER S ON SUN...AND EXTEND FROM S FLORIDA TO S TEXAS BY SUN EVENING. EXPECT MODERATE N FLOW ON MON...DIMINISHING OVER THE WESTERN HALF TUE AS STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRES BUILDS S OVER THE AREA. BY EARLY TUE THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS...IN THE RANGE OF 15 TO 20 KT FROM THE N...WILL BE EVIDENT OVER THE EASTERN ZONE. THESE WINDS THEN QUICKLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 KT LATER ON TUE AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. ALSO ON TUE...A COASTAL TROUGH THEN SETS UP ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC W OF 55W... A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA SW TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS. A SMALL PARTIAL ASCAT PASS ALONG WITH REPORTS FROM BUOY 42056 NEAR 20N85W SHOW NE WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY AN OBSERVATION FROM SHIP NEAR 17N86W BE. TO THE E OF THE FRONT THE FLOW IS MORE NELY 15-20 KT. FRESH NNE FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NW CARIB THROUGH FRI AND KEEP SEAS THERE AT 7 TO 9 FT...WITH NLY SWELL PUSHING DOWN INTO COASTAL NICARAGUA. FURTHER S...LOW PRES PERSISTS OVER PANAMA. GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP WEAK LOW PRES IN THIS AREA THROUGH SAT...THEN SHOW PRESSURES RISING...ALTHOUGH WITH LESS HARMONY ON SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF POSSIBLE LOW CENTERS. IN SHORT...THE LOW WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SUN ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH THROUGH WESTERN PANAMA AND SW COSTA RICA. ELSEWHERE...FRESH TRADES CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN...ALTHOUGH THIS WILL DIMINISH AS HIGH PRES NW OF THE BAHAMAS WEAKENS AND SHIFTS E. BUOYS IN THE ATLC AND CARIBBEAN INDICATE THAT N SWELLS TO ABOUT 7 OR 8 FT WILL SURGE THROUGH THE ATLC PASSAGES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW BATCH OF NE SWELL OF 8 TO 9 FT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT...THEN QUICKLY SUBSIDE SAT AFTERNOON. YET ANOTHER SWELL TRAIN CONSISTING OF OF SEAS TO POSSIBLY 8 FT SHOULD ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK FROM THE NW...AND IMPACT THE FAR NE ATLC PASSAGES. SW N ATLC W OF 65W... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W SW TO EASTERN CUBA EARLY THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. NW WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 15 KT ARE NOTED BEHIND THE FRONT...EXCEPT TO THE SW OF THE BAHAMAS WHERE WINDS ARE N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT. WINDS SE OF THE FRONT ARE N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS ARE IN THE RANGE OF 3 TO 6 FT BEHIND THE FRONT...AND 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL SE OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 27N65W TO NW HAITI BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. NW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE WATERS NW OF THE FRONT AND E OF THE BAHAMAS IN RESPONSE TO A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVE OFF THE U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD. SEAS IN THE RANGE OF 9 TO 12 FT IN N TO NE SWELL WILL BUILD N OF 25N E OF 70W. LOW PRES WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN DRAGGING A COLD FRONT TO A POSITION FROM 31N69W TO S FLORIDA BY SUN AFTERNOON...FROM 27N65W TO HISPANIOLA BY MON MORNING...THEN WILL BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AND WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 25N65W TO EASTERN HISPANIOLA BY LATE TUE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE PRECEDED BY GALE FORCE WINDS SE OF IT TO 28N AND E OF 78W ON SUN AS PERSISTENT COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES TO FUNNEL IN BEHIND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUE. A FAIRLY TIGHT PRES GRADIENT AS A RESULT OF LARGE LOW PRES N OF THE AREA AND HIGHER PRES THAT BUILDS SE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP FRESH TO STRONG W TO NW FLOW IN PLACE MAINLY N OF 25N INTO TUE...WITH STRONG WINDS UP TO 30 KT E OF 71W AND WITH SEAS BUILDING UP TO 11 TO 17 FT...WITH THE HIGHEST EXPECTED N OF 29N. WARNINGS...CORRECTED ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING EXPECTED SUN N OF 28N E OF 78W... CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AGUIRRE