000 AGXX40 KNHC 030617 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COASTS OF TEXAS AND SW LOUISIANA LATER TODAY. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING VERY STRONG 25-30 KT N WINDS TO THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN DECREASE OVER THE NW GULF THROUGH THE DAY ON SUN. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY SUN THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF SUN AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE NW GULF MON WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH TUE MORNING...AND STRONG E-NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP E OF 90W TUE AND WED. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT E TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO S FLORIDA SUN AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN NIGHT THEN WEAKEN FROM 29N65W TO EASTERN CUBA MON THEN DISSIPATE TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA TUE AND WED WITH NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20-30 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10-12 FT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN 20-25 KT TRADE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH WED WITH WINDS TO 30 KT ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN THEN STALL FROM CUBA TO HONDURAS MON THEN BECOME DIFFUSE ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN TUE NIGHT AND WED. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WARNING S OF 25N W OF FRONT TONIGHT AND SUN... .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS