000 AGXX40 KNHC 220701 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST SAT DEC 22 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... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF AS 1030 MB HIGH PRES OVER EASTERN TEXAS BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH SUN. NLY WINDS TO 20 KT ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO FRESH SE TO S WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE WESTERN GULF BY MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE NW GULF LATE TUE AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY WED MORNING. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL MOVE TO 31N63W TO EASTERN CUBA BY SAT MORNING AND ACROSS THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA SUN MORNING BEFORE STALLING AND BECOMING DIFFUSE. GALE FORCES WINDS N OF 30N W OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN GALE FORCE LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA. LARGE NW SWELL WILL SUBSIDE FROM W TO E ACROSS THE AREA SAT THROUGH MON. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE S COAST OF BELIZE WILL EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE SW CARIBBEAN SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN. N SWELLS WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS E OF THE LEEWARDS W OF 55W SAT...THEN SPREAD INTO THE NE CARIBBEAN AND THE AREA E OF THE WINDWARDS W OF 55W THROUGH SUN. 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