000 AGXX40 KNHC 040614 RRA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EST SUN MAR 4 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 FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE. STRONG NLY WIND TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT THROUGH DECREASE LATER TODAY. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATER THIS MORNING THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS THE NW GULF MON WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH TUE MORNING. E-NE WINDS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE 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 AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO S FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM 29N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA MON. GALE FORCE SW WINDS ARE LIKELY N OF 28N E OF THE FRONT TO 72W...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY N OF 27N W OF THE FRONT TO 80W TODAY. REINFORCING COLD AIR AND STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING SOUTHWARD TUE WILL INTENSIFY NE WINDS ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE ARE. FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WED AND 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 TODAY THEN STALL 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 TODAY... .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 72W AND N OF 27N W OF FRONT TODAY... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS