000 AGXX40 KNHC 130707 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST MON FEB 13 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 TONIGHT. SLY WINDS 20-25 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF AS THE HIGH PRES CENTER CONTINUES SHIFTING E...THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. 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 65W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 21N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW GALE FORCE WITH THE FRONT...HOWEVER LARGE SWELLS UP TO 20 FT ARE NOTED OVER THE NE PART OF THE AREA. THE SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE 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 FRI MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST FRI AFTERNOON. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... DISSIPATING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE TONIGHT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN. THE FRONT WILL BRUSH THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE EARLY TODAY 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... .NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL