000 AGXX40 KNHC 161753 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST FRI DEC 16 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 FROM SW LOUISIANA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL MOVE TO SE LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO TONIGHT AND STALL. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE ON SUN. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT WILL CONTINUE W OF THE FRONT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SUN AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. HIGH PRES WILL STRENGTHEN SUN NIGHT AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES OVER THE NW GULF AND SPREADS E TO ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY LATE MON. ANOTHER COLD COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TX COAST EARLY TUE AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO TAMPICO MEXICO TUE AFTERNOON AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE WED. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT TUE THEN DECREASE WED. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... HIGH PRES NEAR 31N71W WITH RIDGE E-W ALONG 31N RESULTING IN NE-E WINDS AT 15-20 KT WITH SEAS TO 11 FT E OF 75W ALONG SE PERIPHERY OF RIDGE. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE S TO ALONG 27N SAT AND ALONG 25N SUN ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO S FLORIDA SUN. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA MON. BUILDING HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND STRONG NLY WINDS INCREASE N OF AROUND 25N MON AND TUE THEN DECREASE WED. HOWEVER LARGE NLY SWELLS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN NE WINDS 20-25 KT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN E OF 80W AND TROPICAL ATLC WATERS. COLD FRONT FROM 18N55W TO 15N61W WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. LARGE N SWELLS ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS N OF 14N WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS INCREASE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES STRAIGHTENS N OF THE AREA. 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 DGS