000 AGXX40 KNHC 250555 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT MON MAR 25 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 FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N96W WILL MOVE QUICKLY SE AND EXTEND FROM EXTREME S FLORIDA YUCATAN PENINSULA LATER THIS MORNING THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF LATER TODAY. STRONG NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E TUE. WINDS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF WED-FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... COLD FRONT FORECAST TO ENTER NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E AND EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM 26N65W TO E CUBA LATE TUE THEN STALL AND MOVE E OF THE AREA THU. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE NW WINDS WILL PREVAIL N OF 30N BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY INTO TUE. WINDS DECREASE WED AND THU HOWEVER LARGE NW SWELL E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W... HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS W CENTRAL ATLC ALONG 25N WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E ACROSS CENTRAL ATLC THROUGH TUE TO PRODUCE FRESH TRADES ACROSS CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. FRESH TO STRONG S WINDS ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING GULF OF HONDURAS AND YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE GULF OF MEXICO. COLD FRONT WILL ENTER YUCATAN CHANNEL MON EVENING AND STALL FROM E CUBA TO S BELIZE WED...THEN DISSIPATE THU. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. SW N ATLC... .NONE. EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2013...TAFB GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS FOR 10M WINDS...10M WIND GUSTS...SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS AND HAZARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS AT: HTTP://PREVIEW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAPHICAL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIFICATION/PNS13OFFSHORE_HIGHSEAS.HTM NOTE...EFFECTIVE 25 MARCH 2013 GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE WILL BE DISCONTINUED. $$ FORECASTER DGS