000 AGXX40 KNHC 181754 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 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... A 1003 MB LOW IS CURRENTLY NEAR 24N88W. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NW FLORIDA TONIGHT WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND WILL MERGE WITH THE WEAK FRONT EARLY WED. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED S OF 21N W OF 94W BY WED MORNING. THIS SHOULD BE A SHORT LIVED GALE EVENT AS WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE WED NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL DECEASE FROM W TO E AND BE LESS THAN 8 FT BY THU AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LARGE NW SWELLS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE GULF. THE SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW 8 FT THU NIGHT. A RATHER WEAK WEATHER PATTER OVER THE WEEKEND WITH WINDS 15 KT OR LESS. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... SLY WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF 28N W OF 76W LATE TONIGHT. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO LESS THAN GALE FORCE THU MORNING...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N74W TI CENTRAL CUBA THU. THE FRONT WEAKENS FROM 31N70W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THU NIGHT...WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY AND DISSIPATES SUN. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... SLY WINDS TO 20 KT OVER THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN N OF AROUND 19N W OF 80W...ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRES IN THE SE GULF. THE SLY WINDS WILL DECREASE WED AS THE LOW MOVES NE. HOWEVER A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND EXTEND FROM WESTERN CUBA TO HONDURAS WED AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE FIRST FRONT AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE HONDURAS/NICARAGUA BORDER THU...WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NICARAGUA FRI THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATES BY SUN. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 21N W OF 94W EARLY WED... .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N BETWEEN 74W AND COLD FRONT... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS