000 AGXX40 KNHC 071834 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST FRI JAN 07 2011 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 CENTER BUILDING IN WAKE OF FRONT TONIGHT WILL MOVE E AND WEAKEN AS A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT CLIPS THE NE GULF SAT. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF WINDS WITH THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. LOW PRES DEVELOPS OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND MOVES TO 29N93W WITH A COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW TO THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR 20N97W SUN AFTERNOON. THE LOW MOVES INLAND INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MON AFTERNOON WITH FRONT EXTENDING S TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT/LOW SUN THEN RAPIDLY DECREASE ON MON. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE TUE WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE GULF AND INCREASING NLY WINDS 20-25 KT ACROSS MUCH THE AREA ON WED. ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO THEN CUBA COAST NEAR 23N79W. STRONG SW WINDS TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT TODAY THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SAT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N71W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT EVENING AND FROM 31N65W TO 25N75W SUN AND E OF THE AREA SUN EVENING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY TUE AND EXTENDS FROM 31N75W TO S FLORIDA TUE AFTERNOON...AND FROM 31N66W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED. ATLC RIDGE FORCED E BY STRONG COLD FRONT WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS CARIBBEAN. COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM WESTERN CUBA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. ATLC RIDGE BUILDS ON SUN AND TRADES INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ON MON. SEAS BUILD TO 12 FT OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN TUE AND WED. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .GALE WARNING N OF 29N E OF 68W...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS