000 AGXX40 KNHC 281848 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST MON FEB 28 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... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY THIS EVENING. SE WINDS ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE THEN DISSIPATE WED. NLY WINDS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20-25 KT IN BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF W OF 96W THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. HIGH PRES STRAIGHTENS OFF THE E COAST THU AND FRI ALLOWING ELY WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NE GULF THU AND FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SATURDAY AND EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO 24N97W SAT EVENING. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE TRADE WINDS IN SE PORTION OF THE AREA. SW WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER WESTERN PORTIONS TONIGHT AND TUE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO NORTHERN FLORIDA TUE AND FROM 30N65W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS WED THEN WEAKEN TO A TROUGH FROM 26N65W TO 24N72W THU THEN DISSIPATE FRI. NE WINDS TO 20 KT NW OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TUE EVENING THROUGH WED MORNING. HIGH PRES BUILDS NW OF THE AREA BEHIND THE TROUGH WITH E WINDS INCREASING 20-25 KT N OF 25N AND SEAS BUILDING TO 8-11 FT FRI AND SAT. 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 EARLY TUE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH TUE AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT 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 THROUGH EARLY TUE. SEAS WILL STEADILY SUBSIDE AFTER TUE...TO AROUND 4-6 FT BY THU THROUGH SAT. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS