000 AGXX40 KNHC 130708 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST WED FEB 13 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 CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO NORTHERN MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF LATER TODAY THEN WILL STALL OVER THE SE GULF LATE THU. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN GULF EARLY SAT AND MOVE RAPIDLY S ABSORBING THE REMNANTS OF THE STATIONARY FRONT LATE SAT...WITH THE MERGED FRONT MOVING S OF THE AREA SAT EVENING. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE OVER THE FAR SW GULF SAT NIGHT. RETURN FLOW WILL RESUME OVER THE NW WATERS ON SUN AND INCREASE ON SUN NIGHT. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ARE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST LATE TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA THU THEN DRIFT SE ON THU NIGHT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE GEORGIA COAST SAT MORNING AND OVERTAKE REMNANTS OF THE INITIAL FRONT SAT NIGHT. THE MERGED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA AROUND EARLY SUN. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... .FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY TRADES WILL PERSIST NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH THU. FRESH TRADES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED. LONG PERIOD N SWELLS WILL PROPAGATE S THROUGH THE NE PASSAGES AND THE TROPICAL WATERS...REACHING THE N COAST OF S AMERICA EARLY WED....THEN SUBSIDE ON THU. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE THU. THE FRONT WILL MERGE WITH STRONG COLD FRONT SAT.. THE MERGED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS EARLY SUN. NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT INCREASE TO GALE FORCE SUN ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE AREA. NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED GMZ023 SAT NIGHT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .NONE. GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED AMZ113 AND AMZ115 SUN. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS