000 AGXX40 KNHC 271835 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST SUN FEB 27 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 RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE W ATLC THROUGH MON WITH SLY RETURN FLOW 15-20 KT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST MON MORNING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE MON AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE AND DISSIPATE WED. NLY WINDS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20-25 KT IN WESTERN GULF W OF 97W MON AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TUE MORNING. HIGH PRES STRAIGHTENS OFF THE E COAST AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NE GULF LATE THU INTO FRI. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE TRADE WINDS IN SE PORTION OF THE AREA. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS LATE MON THROUGH TUE AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. LATEST GFS MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS 20-25 KT NE WINDS NW OF THE FRONT LATE TUE THROUGH WED. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO NORTHERN FLORIDA TUE AND FROM 30N65W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS WED THEN WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH FROM 27N65W TO 24N64W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THU THEN DISSIPATES FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS NW OF THE AREA BEHIND THE TROUGH WITH ELY WINDS INCREASING 20-25 KT N OF AROUND 25N WITH SEAS BUILDING 8-10 FT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES NE 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 THROUGH THU AS THE PRES GRADIENT RELAXES WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS CONFINED TO NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS UP TO 13-14 FT OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA TONIGHT AND MON. SEAS WILL STEADILY SUBSIDE AFTER TUE...TO AROUND 4-6 FT BY THU AND FRI. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS