000 AGXX40 KNHC 251804 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 210 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC AND SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SE OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FAR N GULF WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THIS WILL SET UP SE 10-15 KT RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW WATERS MON NIGHT WITH THESE CONDITIONS SPREADING E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY LATE TUE NIGHT. THE EXCEPTION IS THE ELY WINDS WILL BACK TO NE ALONG THE W COAST YUCATAN PENINSULA AND INCREASE TO 15-20 KT EACH EVENING. SOUTHWEST N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS OVER THE FAR NW WATERS FROM 31N78W TO 29N81W. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N70W TO W CUBA EARLY MON. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE FRONT WILL WASH OUT TUE ACROSS HISPANIOLA WITH ONLY A SLIGHT WIND SHIFT OCCURRING OVER THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS N OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS MON NIGHT INTO TUE. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY INTO THE THE AREA AND BECOME THE DOMINANT FEATURE...EXTENDING FROM 31N64W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS TUE MORNING...FROM 26N55W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED MORNING...AND DISSIPATED OVER THE AREA WED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT S THROUGH THU...ENABLING THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE N WATERS THU NIGHT. CARIBBEAN SEA... A WEAK COLD WILL ENTER THE NW CARIBBEAN BY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT E OVER THE EXTREME N WATERS...REACHING HISPANIOLA EARLY TUE WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE WELL E OF THE AREA...MODERATE TRADEWINDS WILL PREVAIL TROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH MODERATE TO FRESH TRADEWINDS PREVAILING OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE SW N ATLC WATERS MIDWEEK WHICH WILL FRESHEN TRADEWINDS OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND STRONG WINDS OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL