000 AGXX40 KNHC 140616 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 115 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2012 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT IS WASHING OUT FROM ANDROS ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS ACROSS THE YUCATAN PASSAGE...TO CANCUN MEXICO. PER CURRENT SHIP REPORTS NE WINDS CONTINUE AT 20 KT OVER WATERS S OF 25N BETWEEN 82W-94W AND NW-N 15-25 KT OVER THE SW GULF W OF A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE S-CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE NW TO 23N98W. A SURFACE HIGH CURRENTLY OVER THE NE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE E TO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA AROUND SUNSET TODAY...THEN MOVE NE OF AREA LEAVING A RIDGE FROM THE FL BIG BEND TO NE OLD MEXICO LATE SUN AND CONTINUING THROUGH WED. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVER THE NW WATERS TODAY WILL BECOME SLY TONIGHT WITH THESE SLY WINDS SPREADING E ACROSS ALL WATERS BY LATE SUN NIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TX COAST TUE AFTERNOON...REACHING FROM THE FL BIG BEND TO THE MEXICAN COAST AT 24N EARLY WED...AND FROM CENTRAL FL TO THE SW BAY OF CAMPECHE WED NIGHT. SLY WINDS AT 15-20 KT AHEAD OF FRONT WILL CLOCK TO THE N-NE AT 15-20 KT N OF FRONT. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO ANDROS ISLAND IN THE NW BAHAMAS WILL CONTINUE E OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS TO THE N OF 26N AND MOVING E OF 55W SUN WHILE THE FRONTAL SEGMENT S OF 25N WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SE THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS MON...WITH SOME REMNANTS DISSIPATING OVER HISPANIOLA TUE AND WED. S-SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 KT TO THE N OF 28N E OF FRONT THROUGH SUN. W-NW WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15-20 KT W OF FRONT THROUGH SUN...THEN BEGIN TO CLOCK TO THE N-NE OVER THE NW PORTION SUN NIGHT. AS A SURFACE HIGH MOVES E OFF THE CAROLINAS MON WINDS WILL BECOME SLY OVER THE NW ATLC WATERS. BY EARLY TUE A RIDGE WILL EXTENDS FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FL THEN SHIFTING TO A POSITION FROM 31N55W TO SE FL ON WED. WINDS NW OF RIDGE WILL INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT MOVING OFF THE GA COAST WED AFTERNOON. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... NE-E WINDS AT 25-30 KT PERSIST ALONG THE COAST OF NW COLOMBIA. MODERATE TO FRESH NE TO E WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. A COLD FRONT OVER THE YUCATAN PASSAGE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE SE REACHING FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NE NICARAGUA TONIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG NLY WINDS WILL BRIDGE THE FRONTAL REMNANTS LATER THIS WEEKEND...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUE...THEN RELAX SOME TUE NIGHT AND WED OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS N OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MON NIGHT AND CONTINUE SE REACHING E-W ALONG 18N WED. 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 NELSON