000 AGXX40 KNHC 050646 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST SAT MAR 05 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 HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLC PRODUCING STRONG ELY WINDS ACROSS MIDDLE AND AND EASTERN GULF THROUGH TODAY THEN DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATER TODAY. THE COLD FRONT EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO SW BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE SW GULF W OF THE FRONT S OF 26N LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY SUN THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. WITH INCREASING SLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY WED AND EXTENDS FROM SW LOUSIANA TO THE NE COAST OF MEXICO WED AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. SW N ATLC... STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SE PORTION OF ZONE FROM 26N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE COMBINED WITH STRONG HIGH PRES NW OF THE AREA PRODUCING STRONG NE WINDS W OF THE FRONT. PRES GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING AS RIDGE MOVES E AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST SUN AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA MON AND WEAKEN FROM 31N68W TO 25N70W TUE THEN DISSIPATE WED. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... ATLC HIGH PRES MAINTAINS MODERATE TO FRESH E BREEZE OVER BASINS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS NEAR DEVELOPING LOW PRES CENTER 1009 MB OVER COLOMBIA. WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY SUN AS RIDGE DRIFTS EASTWARD AS WEAK NEW RIDGE BUILD N OF REGION MAINTAINING LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE BREEZE OVER ENTIRE CARIBBEAN. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING S OF 26N W OF 95W...GMZ080 AND GMZ082. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS