000 AGXX40 KNHC 120705 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST MON NOV 12 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 OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH 20-25 KT ELY WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING THE SW GULF AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF MON MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SW TO NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO BY MON EVENING AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE MORNING THEN FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE SW GULF LATER TUE EVENING AND WEAKEN. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE AS IT SLOWLY MOVES S THROUGH THU. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH FRI. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8-11 FT NW AND W OF THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT THEN SUBSIDE WED AND THU AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT RESULTING NE WINDS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THEN DIMINISHING TUE THROUGH FRI AS THE PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS. WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA TUE THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA THU. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA IS SUPPORTING 20-25 KT NE WINDS OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS...WITH LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. 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