000 AGXX40 KNHC 220626 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST WED DEC 22 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. HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ALONG THE W COAST OF FLORIDA WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NE GULF LATE WED THEN MOVE RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA THU. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT WITH THE FRONT. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO SAT THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SUN. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BUILD TO 10 FT OVER THE SW GULF SAT AND SUN. ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DECREASING WINDS OVER ALL BUT THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE AREA HOWEVER LARGE NLY SWELLS NE OF BAHAMAS WILL DECREASE W OF 75W. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA WED NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 29N65W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS THU AFTERNOON THEN E OF THE AREA LATE FRI. STRONG NLY WITH THE FRONT WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA SAT WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS WITH NLY SWELLS TO 13 FT E OF 75W. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE SAT NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA SAT NIGHT. THE GFS INDICATES SLY GALE FORCE WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ANY HEADLINES AND SEE WHAT FUTURE MODEL RUNS SHOW. CARIBBEAN TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TO 13N69W WILL DISSIPATE LATE TODAY. COLD FRONT EXTENDS INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 21N55W TO 17N61W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TODAY. LARGE NLY SWELLS MOVING INTO THE N PORTION OF TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL SPREAD S TO N OF AROUND 10N BY FRI AND THE ENTIRE AREA BY SAT AND SUN. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS