000
AGXX40 KNHC 140652
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST TUE FEB 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...
WEAK COLD FRONT FROM THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO BROWNSVILLE 
TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT. BUOYS 
INDICATING SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. 
THE FRONT WILL LIFT N WED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE 
TEXAS COAST WED NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO 
THU AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 25N95W TO WESTERN BAY OF 
CAMPECHE FRI THEN STALL. A LOW PRES MAY FORM ALONG THE FRONT 
OVER THE NW GULF SAT. THE LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO MOVE NE 
ALONG THE FRONT.

SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION THE AREA WILL SHIFT E. A 
BELT OF NE WINDS TO 20 KT WILL PERSIST ALONG THE SOUTHERN 
PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH S OF 23N...OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS 
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. LARGE NW SWELLS ACROSS THE 
EASTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW 8 FT 
LATE WED. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP OVER THE NW WATERS 
TUE. A COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE N PORTION OF THE AREA MAINLY N 
OF 30N WED AND THU. INCREASING SW WINDS ACROSS THE N WATERS FRI 
AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NW PART 
OF THE ZONE FRI AFTERNOON THEN REACH FROM 31N74W TO 29N81W SAT. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
COLD FRONT BRUSHING THE NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE 
WILL STALL AND WEAKEN THROUGH TODAY 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. 

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 DGS