000 AGXX40 KNHC 111916 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EST FRI MAR 11 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 IS BUILDING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT EXITED THE SE GULF EARLIER THIS MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING FROM NE TO SW ACROSS THE REGION. SW RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF AS THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS E TOWARD FLORIDA BY EARLY SUN. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE HIGH PRES WESTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS SUN THROUGH TUE...ALLOWING RETURN FLOW TO DIMINISH BUT ALSO ALLOWING E TO SE WINDS TO INCREASE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FROM LATE SUN THROUGH TUE...WITH NE WINDS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ALONG THE COAST OF CAMPECHE STATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS MON AND TUE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO CENTRAL BELIZE WILL WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS SE...AND STALL FROM E CUBA TO E HONDURAS BY EARLY SAT BEFORE DISSIPATING BY EARLY SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDING N OF THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALLOW TRADE WINDS TO INCREASE OVER PRIMARILY THE N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SUN THROUGH TUE...AND ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. NE SWELL UP TO 8 FT WILL PUSH INTO THE WATERS OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC E OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY LATE SAT...BUT DECAY TO 6 TO 7 FT ON MON. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT FROM 31N74W TO WESTERN CUBA WILL EXTEND FROM 31N67W TO E CUBA SAT MORNING...AND STALL FROM 28N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT EVENING WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH MON. FRESH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 27N WILL DIMINISH THROUGH LATE SAT...AS HIGH PRES SLIDES E ACROSS N FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE SW N ATLC SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE. NE SWELL WITH HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 10 FT AND PERIODS TO 12 SECOND WILL MIX WITH SHORTER PERIOD NW FRESH SWELL AND WIND WAVES OVER THE WATERS NE OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND SUBSIDE FROM N TO S OVER THE REGION THROUGH LATE MON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DIP INTO THE WATERS BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA LATE TUE...FOLLOWED BY N WINDS TO 20 KT. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN