000 AGXX40 KNHC 140559 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 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 ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE OFFSHORE INTO THE NW GULF LATER THIS MORNING EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NE MEXICO NEAR 24N98W AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO SE GULF LATE SUN INTO MON. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT TODAY THEN WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT BY TONIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NE PORTION OF THE GULF MON INTO TUE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DEEPENING LOW PRES SYSTEM OVER THE SE U.S. W TO NW WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NE GULF MON THEN DECREASE ON TUE. THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED AND SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT. SW N ATLC... THE LARGE NORTHERLY SWELLS NE OF THE BAHAMAS ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND THE SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW 8 FT THIS EVENING. SW WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL BE ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST SUN NIGHT AND STALL. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE JUST OFFSHORE EARLY WED THEN DISSIPATE LATE WED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC ... TROUGH FROM THE N LEEWARD ISLANDS TO NE COLOMBIA WILL DRIFT WWD AND DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUN. OTHERWISE WEAK PRES PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. WINDS INCREASE AND SEAS BUILD ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE TROPICAL N ATLC MON AND TUE AS HIGH PRES FROM THE ATLC BUILDS ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC INTO THE NE CARIBBEAN. WARNINGS.. ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS