000 AGXX40 KNHC 261850 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST SAT FEB 26 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... WEAKENING COLD FRONT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM NW FLORIDA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NE GULF LATER TODAY. 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 EXTEND FROM THE 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 20-30 KT IN THE SW GULF MON NIGHT THEN DECREASE TUE THROUGH THU. SW N ATLC... DISSIPATED COLD FRONT FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE TRADE WINDS IN SE PORTION OF THE AREA WITH SW TO W WINDS IN NW PORTION OF THE AREA AND LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION THROUGH SUN NIGHT. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS MON THROUGH TUE AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO NORTHERN FLORIDA TUE AND EXTEND FROM 29N65W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS WED AND DISSIPATE THU. HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT N OF AROUND 27N THU. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES NNE OF THE AREA MAINTAINS FRESH TO STRONG TRADES FROM THE TROPICAL N ATLC THROUGH THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. HIGHEST WINDS ARE JUST NORTH OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO THIS PATTERN THROUGH MON NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH TUE AND WED AS THE PRES GRADIENT RELAXES. SEAS WILL BUILD THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...WITH SEAS INCREASING TO 13-14 FT OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA BY MON. THE SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SOME BY MID WEEK. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS