000 AGXX40 KNHC 031900 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM 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... STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM ALABAMA TO NORTHERN MEXICO WILL INCREASE WINDS TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT THROUGH SUN MORNING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BIG BEND OF FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA SUN MORNING THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF SUN AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE NW GULF MON WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH TUE MORNING. FRESH TO STRONG E-NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP E OF 90W TUE AND WED. LOW PRES DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS/OKLAHOMA WED THROUGH FRI WILL STRENGTHEN SE RETURN FLOW IN THE WESTERN GULF THU. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT E TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE SUN AND FROM 29N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON. GALE FORCE SW WINDS ARE LIKELY N OF 28N IN AN UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS THE COLD AIR MEETS THE WARMER WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM. GFS MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS GALE FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30-60 NM E OF THE COLD FRONT. REINFORCING COLD AIR AND STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING SOUTHWARD TUE WILL INTENSIFY NE WINDS NW OF A SHEAR LINE FROM 27N65W TO E CUBA TUE AND FROM 24N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WED. FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY TRADE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THU. 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 THU...WITH 30 KT WINDS LIKELY FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN... THEN TRANSITION TO A SHEAR LINE FROM E CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS MON AND TUE...THEN DISSIPATE WED. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WARNING S OF 26N W OF FRONT THROUGH SUN MORNING... .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N WITHIN 60 NM E OF FRONT SUN... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL 000 AGXX40 KNHC 031900 RRA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM 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... STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM ALABAMA TO NORTHERN MEXICO WILL INCREASE WINDS TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT THROUGH SUN MORNING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BIG BEND OF FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA SUN MORNING THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF SUN AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE NW GULF MON WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH TUE MORNING. FRESH TO STRONG E-NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP E OF 90W TUE AND WED. LOW PRES DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS/OKLAHOMA WED THROUGH FRI WILL STRENGTHEN SE RETURN FLOW IN THE WESTERN GULF THU. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT E TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE SUN AND FROM 29N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON. GALE FORCE SW WINDS ARE LIKELY N OF 28N IN AN UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS THE COLD AIR MEETS THE WARMER WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM. GFS MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS GALE FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30-60 NM E OF THE COLD FRONT. REINFORCING COLD AIR AND STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING SOUTHWARD TUE WILL INTENSIFY NE WINDS NW OF A SHEAR LINE FROM 27N65W TO E CUBA TUE AND FROM 24N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WED. FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY TRADE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION THU. 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 THU...WITH 30 KT WINDS LIKELY FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN... THEN TRANSITION TO A SHEAR LINE FROM E CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS MON AND TUE...THEN DISSIPATE WED. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...GALE WARNING S OF 25N W OF FRONT THROUGH SUN MORNING... .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N WITHIN 60 NM E OF FRONT SUN... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL