000 AGXX40 KNHC 060700 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST TUE NOV 06 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... LOW PRES PREVAILS OVER THE NE GULF OF MEXICO WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING WESTWARD OVER THE N GULF WATERS. LATEST SCATTEROMETER...SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS INDICATE LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZE ACROSS THE AREA WITH SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL SHIFT NE INTO THE SW N ATLC WATERS BY TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS TUE...MOVING S OF THE AREA WED MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE SE UNITED STATES THROUGH SAT WITH ANTICYCLONIC FLOW PREVAILING ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... LATEST SCATTEROMETER...SHIP AND BUOY DATA DEPICT MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS W OF THE FRONT WITH LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZE PREVAILING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. SEAS ARE GENERALLY 3 TO 6 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS AND 1 TO 2 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NE GULF WATERS WILL SHIFT INTO THE FAR NW PART OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE N OF THE AREA WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHING SE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA REACHING FROM 31N71W TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS WED MORNING...FROM NEAR THE BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA THU MORNING...FROM 31N61W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI MORNING...AND FROM 31N56W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE SAT MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... LATEST SCATTEROMETER...SHIP AND BUOY DATA INDICATE GENTLE TO MODERATE TRADEWINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. SEAS ARE GENERALLY 3 TO 5 FT OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND 5 TO 6 FT OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN WATERS WED MORNING. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO W HONDURAS THU MORNING...AND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO E HONDURAS FRI MORNING WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. 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 AL