000 AGXX40 KNHC 261739 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED OCT 26 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... NE TO E WINDS OVER THE SE GULF WATERS AS A RESULT OF A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HURRICANE RINA IN THE NW CARIBBEAN AND HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S.. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS ELSEWHERE OVER THE GULF WITH SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE THU AND MOVE RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH FRI AND E OF THE AREA SAT. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS HURRICANE RINA MOVING INTO THE SE GULF THU NIGHT INTO FRI. RINA IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE JUST N OF W CUBA WHILE WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL STORM SUN AND MON. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 25N65W TO SE BAHAMAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE N PART OF THE AREA THU AND FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST INTO THE ATLC EARLY SAT AND MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA...MOVING E OF THE AREA BY LATE SUN. NLY WINDS TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT AND SEAS BUILD TO 11 FT. WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE SOME ON MON. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HURRICANE RINA CENTERED NEAR 18.1N 85.8W AT 1800 UTC WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 75 KT GUSTS TO 90 KT MOVING WNW AT 5 KT. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRES IS 982 MB. RINA WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU. RINA WILL THE MOVE NE FRI THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM SUN AND MON JUST N OF W CUBA. TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FROM EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE N COAST OF VENEZUELA NEAR 23N70W. THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ084...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 25N BETWEEN 88W AND 85W FRI THROUGH SAT. .GMZ086...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 25N E OF 85W SAT THROUGH MON... .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .AMZ082...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 16N W OF 83W. SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS