000 AGXX40 KNHC 120657 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2013 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... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SE LOUISIANA COAST THEN STATIONARY TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY. LOW PRES EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT LATE TUE WILL MOVE NE ACROSS THE SE U.S. AND PUSH A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH LATE WED. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO SW GULF WED THEN BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE SE GULF THU AND FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SAT FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... HIGH PRES LOCATED NEAR 31N64W IS PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE S OF 25N. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST TODAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND WED OVER NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A LOW PRES SYSTEM MOVING NE ACROSS THE SE U.S. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED EVENING THEN WEAKEN AS IT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N68W TO S FLORIDA THU EVENING. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION SAT NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... FRESH TO STRONG NE TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH THU. FRESH TRADES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED. LONG PERIOD NW TO N SWELLS WILL REACH THE NE CARIBBEAN ATLC PASSAGES AND N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC TODAY...AND MOVE ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED. NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS