000 AGXX40 KNHC 250720 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 220 AM EST FRI FEB 25 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 PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE EXTENDS INTO THE NORTHERN GULF...WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE INLAND OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE WESTERN GULF THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY. ASCAT PASS AT 0300 UTC SHOWED WINDS DIMINISHING IN THE NW GULF AS THE FRONT NEARS THE COAST. THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NE GULF SAT. HIGH PRES WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE W ATLC SUN WITH SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING TO 15-20 KT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE TEXAS COAST SUN NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MON. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE. NLY WINDS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT MON...THEN DECREASE TUE. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA NEAR 34N65W IS MAINTAINING MODERATE TO FRESH E-SE TRADE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. S WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING THEN SHIFT SW AS THE COLD FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES INTO ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE SE U.S. COAST TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE SAT. HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS MON THROUGH TUE AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TUE. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA MAINTAINS FRESH TO STRONG TRADES FROM THE TROPICAL N ATLC THROUGH THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. ASCAT PASS AT 0255 UTC SHOWED AREA OF 25 -30 KT WINDS OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA NEAR 12N75W. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO THIS PATTERN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE PERSISTENT TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SEAS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...WITH SEAS INCREASING TO 12-13 FT OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA SUN AND MON. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL