000 AGXX40 KNHC 151800 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT FRI APR 15 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... SLY WINDS 15-20 KT THE WESTERN GULF W OF AROUND 87W AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING. SW WINDS 15-20 KT N OF 28W AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SAT. NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT TO 20 KT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SAT THEN DECREASE BY SAT AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY SAT THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN THE WEAK OF THE FRONT. THE HIGH MOVES E AND SLY WINDS INCREASE ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATE SUN AND WILL ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF TUE AND WED. SOUTHWEST N ATLC W OF 55W... SURFACE TROUGH FROM 31N71W TO THE NW BAHAMAS WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. A RIDGE WILL BUILD BETWEEN BERMUDA TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE N OF THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS SAT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST SAT NIGHT AND STALL FROM 31N71W TO SE FLORIDA SUN NIGHT AND DISSIPATE MON NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N OF THE AREA TUE AND ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT S OF AROUND 25N. NE SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA E OF 70W LATE TUE AND WED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADES PERSISTS ACROSS MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN EXCEPT ELY 15-20 KT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF OF HONDURAS AND NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS GENERALLY 5 FT OR LESS EXCEPT TO 6 FT OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AND THE GULF OF HONDURAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS