000 AGXX40 KNHC 241900 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 PM EST SUN FEB 24 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... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO 27N87W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY THEN CONTINUES AS A WARM FRONT FROM FROM 27N91W TO NE MEXICO. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO LIFT BACK N AS WARM FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SLY WINDS OF 10-15 KT ARE NOTED S OF THE FRONT WHILE NE-E WINDS OF 10-15 KT ARE SEEN N OF FRONT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON MORNING REACHING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE MON EVENING...THEN FROM THE FLORIDA BING BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE MORNING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE SE WATERS BY WED AND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BY THU. GALE FORCE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS TO AROUND 12 FT ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS ZONES GMZ0011 AND GMZ013. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 26/0000 UTC. HIGH PRES WILL AGAIN BUILD SE ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH A WEAK HIGH PRES CENTER DEVELOPING OVER THE NW GULF ON WED. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATER ON WED AND RACE SE OF THE AREA EARLY THU. HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS BY FRI WITH SOME IN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... A 1020 MB HIGH PRES LOCATED NEAR 28N56W EXTENDS A RIDGE SW TO THE NE CARIBBEAN. SCATTEROMETER DATA PROVIDED OBSERVATIONS OF NE-E WINDS OF 25-30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS PREVAIL ELSEWHERE WITH 20-25 KT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF OF HONDURAS. EXPECT INCREASING SE WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN ON MON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO MON AND TUE. THE WEAKENING PORTION OF THE FRONT SHOULD REACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE TUE INTO WED. EXPECT FRESH TO STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH WED. LARGE LONG-PERIOD N TO NE SWELLS ARE AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PART OF TROPICAL N ATLC AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SOUTH ACROSS THIS REGION TONIGHT AND MON RAISING SEAS TO 9-10 FT. THIS SWELL EVENT WILL ALSO AFFECT THE NE CARIBBEAN AND THE ATLC PASSAGES BEGINNING TONIGHT. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... SW WINDS ARE ON INCREASE OVER THE N WATERS N OF 29N AND E OF A FRONT THAT MOVED OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO 28N80W. SCATTEROMETER DATA SHOWED WINDS OF 20-25 KT N OF 29N AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N60W TO 28N70W THEN STATIONARY TO 28N80W MON MORNING...THEN LIFT BACK N AS A WARM FRONT LATER ON MON AHEAD OF A SECOND COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST TUE AFTERNOON. SLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 25 KT AHEAD OF THIS SECOND FRONT FORECAST TO REACH FROM 31N75W TO SOUTH FLORIDA WED MORNING...AND FROM 31N66W TO WESTERN CUBA THU MORNING. MARINE GUIDANCE IS CONSISTENT IN DEPICTING W TO NW WINDS OF 20-30 KT ACROSS MUCH OF THE BASIN N OF THE BAHAMAS ON THU WITH SW 20-25 KT WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 25N. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO AROUND 12 FT OVER THE N WATERS LATE THU. NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE FORECAST IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE...GMZ011 AND GMZ013. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER GR