000 AGXX40 KNHC 141845 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM 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... COLD FRONT HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. RECENT ASCAT PASS INDICATES WINDS TO NEAR GALE FORCE OVER THE FAR SW GULF OF MEXICO. WITH RECENT SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS INDICATING FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS GENERALLY S OF 25N. HIGH PRESSURE IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE FAR NW PART OF THE AREA. THIS FEATURE WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SHIFTS EASTWARD TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF... WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO BY MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE AFTERNOON... REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA TO THE MEXICAN COAST AT 24N EARLY WED...FROM CENTRAL FL TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED NIGHT...AND FROM SOUTHERN FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THU MORNING. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL WITH THE BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH THU NIGHT. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO WEST CENTRAL CUBA WILL CONTINUE E OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 27N65W TO E CUBA SUN AFTERNOON...FROM 22N65W TO E CUBA MON AFTERNOON...AND DISSIPATE S OF 20N TUE. S-SW WINDS OF 20 KT WILL PREVAIL TO THE N OF 28N E OF FRONT THROUGH SUN. W-NW WINDS OF 15-20 KT WILL PREVAIL N OF 26N W OF THE FRONT THROUGH SUN...THEN VEER TO THE N-NE OVER THE NW PORTION SUN NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. AS THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES N OF THE AREA MON...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO VEER AND BECOME SLY OVER THE NW ATLC WATERS. BY EARLY TUE THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FL...AND SHIFT TO A POSITION FROM 31N55W TO SE FL ON WED. WINDS NW OF THE RIDGE WILL INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE GA COAST WED AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO SOUTH FLORIDA THU AFTERNOON. FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL W OF THE FRONT WITH FRESH TO STRONG SW WINDS N OF 29N WITHIN 480 NM E OF THE FRONT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STRONG TO NEAR GALE TRADE WINDS 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 NW CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE SE REACHING FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NE NICARAGUA OVERNIGHT WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS N OF THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS N OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MON NIGHT AND CONTINUE SE REACHING E-W ALONG 18N BY TUE...AND DISSIPATING 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 AL