000 AGXX40 KNHC 100702 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST SAT NOV 10 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... HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN NE OF THE GULF THROUGH SUN WITH WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH SUN AS THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF MON MORNING FOLLOWED BY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 24N95W TO 18N94W TUE MORNING THEN FROM 29N83W TO 24N94W THEN STATIONARY TO 18N94W WED MORNING. SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 22N65W THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA WHICH WILL RESULT IN A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASING WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST REGION THIS WEEKEND. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 11 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS LATE SUN INTO MON. WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM W TO E AS THE HIGH PRES CENTER CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLC. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S. WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ATLC TODAY. AS A RESULT THE PRES GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL INCREASE THE TRADE WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS THROUGH SUN BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH ON MON. 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 DGS