000 AGXX40 KNHC 080643 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST TUE NOV 08 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... HIGH PRES ACROSS THE AREA WILL SHIFT EWD TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. E TO SE WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WED AND FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THU. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE SW GULF THU. OTHERWISE NLY WINDS 20-25 KT ELSEWHERE W OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA AND WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA FRI THEN SHIFTS EWD SAT AND SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES TO 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR NW GULF. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... LOW PRES NEAR 28N69W 1003 MB WITH TROUGH SW TO THE DOMINIC REPUBLIC. THE LOW WILL DRIFT W TO 28N70W THIS EVENING WITH TROUGH TO EASTERN CUBA THEN NEAR 29N72W LATE WED. STRONG PRES GRADIENT N OF THE LOW IS RESULTING IN GALE CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH WED. THE LOW COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP INTO A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE N OF THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THU WITH A TROUGH FROM FROM 31N70W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE AND FROM 31N67W TO HAITI LATE FRI. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO EASTERN CUBA FRI THEN MERGE WITH THE TROUGH FROM 26N65W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HIGH PRES FROM THE EASTERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD S ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN THEN WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THU AS LOW PRES DRIFTS W OVER THE WESTERN ATLC. LARGE NW AND N SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE ATLC PASSAGES THROUGH WED. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI AND EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS SAT. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 31N W OF 94W THU...GMZ082. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .GALE WARNING THROUGH MON N OF 27N BETWEEN 67W-73W...AMZ080. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS