000 AGXX40 KNHC 060750 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 AM EDT SAT OCT 6 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... DISSIPATING SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS ALONG 94W S OF 23N IN SW GULF WATERS. GENTLE TO MODERATE NE-E BREEZE WITH SEAS 2-3 FT PREVAIL OVER REMAINDER OF BASIN. TROUGH DISSIPATE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HIGH PRES REMAIN OVER REGION THROUGH LATE SAT WHEN COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED OFF TEXAS COAST WITH FRESH NE WINDS IN ITS WAKE. FRONT REACH FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHERN TEXAS EARLY SUN AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SOUTHERN TEXAS EARLY MON WHERE IT STALL. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MOVE W ACROSS 65W WITH LOW PRES CENTER 1010 MB DEVELOPING TONIGHT JUST N OF HISPANIOLA. MODERATE TO FRESH NE BREEZE WITHIN 150 NM NW QUADRANT OF LOW PRES WITH SEAS 5-7 FT. LIGHT TO GENTLE SE WINDS AND SEAS 2-4 FT E OF TROUGH AND MODERATE NE BREEZE ELSEWHERE W OF TROUGH AND LOW PRES WITH SEAS 4 TO 6 FT ELSEWHERE E OF BAHAMAS WITH SEAS 2-4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. TROUGH AND LOW PRES DRIFT W OVER S PART OF ZONE SAT AND SUN. LOW PRES DISSIPATE SUN WITH SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUING TO DRIFT W REACHING CENTRAL BAHAMAS MON AND TUE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES WEAKENS N OF AREA...TRADES DIMINISH TO A GENTLE BREEZE OVER BASIN WITH SEAS 3-5 FT. TWO TROPICAL WAVES IN CARIBBEAN... ONE ALONG 74W S OF 15N MOVING W AT 15 KT WHILE ANOTHER IS ALONG 62W S OF 15N MOVING W AT 15 KT. GENTLE TO MODERATE TRADES REMAIN ACROSS MOST OF BASIN THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLANTIC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES