000 AGXX40 KNHC 121905 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRES CENTERED N OF THE GULF WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA THROUGH MON NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE GULF AS DEPICTED BY THE LATEST ASCAT...SHIP...AND BUOY DATA. WINDS WILL VEER AND DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SE RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY MON MORNING...AND AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES SHIFTING E...THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY MON NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TUE AND STALL FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY WED MORNING. THE FRONTAL TROUGH WILL THEN LIFT N ON WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO THU AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N62W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. RECENT ASCAT PASS INDICATES GALE FORCE WINDS W OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING E AND WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA BY MON NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY MON MORNING. LARGE SWELLS UP TO 20 FT ARE NOTED OVER THE N PART OF THE AREA. THE SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH...TO BELOW 8 FT ACROSS THE AREA BY THU. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA WED AND THU. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW PART OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FRI AFTERNOON. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TO HONDURAS WILL SHIFT E AND REACH FROM HISPANIOLA TO NICARAGUA OVERNIGHT WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. THE FRONT WILL BRUSH THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE EARLY MON WHERE IT WILL STALL AND WEAKEN THROUGH TUE AND DISSIPATE BY EARLY WED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT N OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH MODERATE TO FRESH TRADEWINDS PREVAILING. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PART OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 70W. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL