000 AGXX40 KNHC 011825 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 PM EDT TUE NOV 1 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 HAS PUSHED SE OF THE GULF AND FRESH NE WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE GULF. WINDS WILL VEER EASTWARD WED AS STRONG HIGH PRES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES SHIFTS SE. A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH THU NIGHT. IT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO TAMPICO MEXICO FRI...THEN DISSIPATE SAT. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N70W ACROSS THE BAHAMAS TO WESTERN CUBA. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN AND BECOME STATIONARY FROM 31N64W TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WED. FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS W OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW SEAS TO BUILD TO 10-11 FT IN NW PORTION THROUGH WED. A SECOND SURGE OF LONG PERIOD N SWELL WILL BUILD SEAS TO 10-13 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS THU AND FRI. A LOW LEVEL TROUGH ALONG 60W WILL MOVE W TO ALONG 65W/66W BY WED MORNING...THEN BE ABSORBED BY THE FRONT AS IT BECOMES STATIONARY ROUGHLY ALONG 65W. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A PERSISTENT TROUGH ALONG THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA EXTENDING FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TO JUST E OF NICARAGUA WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED TSTMS IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN W OF 82W THROUGH WED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WED NIGHT OR THU. A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 39W/41W WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN PART OF TROPICAL N ATLC FRI AND WEAKEN NEAR VENEZUELA. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL