000 AGXX40 KNHC 070634 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST MON FEB 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... STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THIS MORNING AND NLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM MOBILE AL TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND THEN E OF THE AREA TUE. NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM W TO E. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE THU...WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING GALE FORCE WED NIGHT ACROSS THE NW GULF W OF 95W THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO BAY OF CAMPECHE ON FRI. SW N ATLC... COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA...WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY TUE. THE FRONT WILL THEN WEAKENS FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED, STRONG SLY WINDS E OF THE FRONT TUE WILL DECREASE ON WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE N PORTION FRI. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. STATIONARY COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA TO E HONDURAS TUE WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WARNING W OF 95W... .GMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WED W OF 95W... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS