000 AGXX40 KNHC 030619 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 AM EST THU FEB 03 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... A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE. LATEST BUOY AND SHIP OBSERVATIONS INDICATE FRESH N TO NE WINDS WEST OF THE FRONT AND LIGHT TO GENTLE E TO SE WINDS E OF THE FRONT. LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM NEAR 24N91W ON EARLY FRI WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND WARM FRONT EXTENDING TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON FRI WEST OF THE FRONT AS LISTED IN THE WARNING SECTION BELOW. THIS LOW CENTER WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT NE INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA FRI NIGHT WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT SHIFTING RAPIDLY E AND EXITING THE GULF EARLY SAT. HIGH PRES WILL WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH SE RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY MON. SW N ATLC... A STALLED COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE FAR NW PART OF THE AREA WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE NE PART OF THE AREA TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...SHIFTING SLIGHTLY S ON SAT AS A SECOND COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE N PART OF THE AREA THROUGH SUN BEFORE STALLING FROM 31N71W TO THE N BAHAMAS AND DISSIPATING THROUGH MON. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... BASED ON LATEST ASCAT PASS AND RECENT SHIP OBSERVATIONS...GALE FORCE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...SO WILL BE TAKING THE GALE WARNING DOWN. LATEST ASCAT PASS INDICATES FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN N OF THE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WHICH WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SAT AFTERNOON...BUT WILL NOT MOVE FURTHER THAN THE NW CARIBBEAN BEFORE STALLING AND DISSIPATING SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... ...GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRI N OF 22N W OF 95W... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL