000 AGXX40 KNHC 250637 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EST SUN DEC 25 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... WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM 28N88W TO 1018 MB LOW PRES 27N95W THEN STATIONARY FRONT TO 19N94W. REINFORCING SURGE WILL TIGHTEN THE PRES GRADIENT TODAY WITH WINDS TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT. THE WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING. THE REINFORCING SURGE WILL ALSO MOVE THE FRONT TO THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE MON. THE FRONT THEN MOVES E TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA TUE AND E OF THE AREA WED. WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WED AND THU WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... COLD FRONT FROM BERMUDA TO 29N93W THEN DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO NE FLORIDA MON AND FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS MON NIGHT. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO S FLORIDA LATE WED. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT N OF 28N E OF THE FRONT WED. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY E AND DISSIPATES THU AND WINDS DECREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STRONG PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLC AND LOW PRES OVER COLOMBIA WILL KEEP WINDS TO 30 S OF 15N FROM 73W-78W. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLIGHTLY DECREASE MON AS THE PRES GRADIENT RELAXES AS A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS ACROSS THE ATLC N OF THE AREA. LARGE NLY SWELLS PROPAGATE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE ON THU. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE WARNING...GMZ082 S OF 25N W OF 95W TODAY. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE . .SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS