000 AGXX40 KNHC 300720 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 220 AM EST MON DEC 30 2013 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...AND THE SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS. ...GULF OF MEXICO... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED INTO OFFICIAL. NWPS WAVE PARAMETERS BLENDED INTO PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST. HIGH CONFIDENCE. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE SE GULF WATERS. A SECOND COLD FRONT HAS JUST MOVED INTO THE FAR NW GULF WATERS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN OBSERVATIONS DEPICT GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS WITH SEAS IN THE 3-5 FT RANGE PREVAIL ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. A COMPLEX SCENARIO OVER THE GULF WATERS THIS WEEK. THE SECOND COLD FRONT OVER THE NW WATERS WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GULF WATERS AND MERGE WITH THE FRONT OVER THE SE WATERS. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT EARLY TODAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF TODAY AND LINGER THROUGH TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL TUE AND WEAKEN THROUGH WED WITH WINDS AND SEAS DECREASING ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. THE LOW IN THE SW GULF WILL LIFT NE WED INTO THU WHICH WILL BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE WESTERN GULF WATERS BY EARLY THU. THIS FRONT WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS...SHIFTING SE OF THE AREA BY EARLY FRI. FRESH TO NEAR GALE WINDS WILL COVER MUCH OF THE GULF WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT BY FRI. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED INTO OFFICIAL. NWPS WAVE PARAMETERS BLENDED INTO PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST. HIGH CONFIDENCE. HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE AREA IS MAINTAINING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS DEPICT FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WITH NEAR GALE WINDS OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES PREVAIL OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...WHILE GENTLE TO FRESH TRADES PREVAIL OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 8-12 FT RANGE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...5-7 FT OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...4-6 FT OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN..AND 6-8 FT IN NE SWELL OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL N OF THE AREA THROUGH THU MAINTAINING THE FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. THE RIDGE WILL RETREAT EASTWARD THU WHICH WILL LOOSEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CARIBBEAN WATERS AND DIMINISH WINDS AND DECREASE SEAS THROUGH FRI. ...SW N ATLANTIC W OF 65W INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED INTO OFFICIAL. NWPS WAVE PARAMETERS BLENDED INTO PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST. HIGH CONFIDENCE. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS WHILE A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE NW WATERS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS DEPICT GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SEAS ARE IN THE 5-7 FT RANGE OVER THE WATERS OUTSIDE OF THE BAHAMAS...AND IN THE 2-4 FT RANGE W OF THE BAHAMAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD TO EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N72W TO SE FLORIDA LATE TODAY...THEN REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY EARLY WED WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE THROUGH THU. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES THU...EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THU EVENING...THEN FROM 31N60W TO WESTERN CUBA FRI EVENING. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... GMZ011...NONE. GMZ013...NONE. GMZ015...NONE. GMZ017...GALE WARNING TODAY INTO TUE. GMZ019...GALE WARNING TONIGHT INTO TUE. GMZ021...NONE. GMZ023...GALE WARNING TUE INTO TUE NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT. GMZ025...NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... AMZ011...NONE. AMZ013...NONE. AMZ015...NONE. AMZ017...NONE. AMZ019...NONE. AMZ021...NONE. AMZ023...NONE. AMZ025...NONE. AMZ027...NONE. AMZ029...NONE. AMZ031...NONE. AMZ033...NONE. AMZ035...NONE. AMZ037...NONE. AMZ039...NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... AMZ111...NONE. AMZ113...NONE. AMZ115...NONE. AMZ117...NONE. AMZ119...NONE. AMZ121...NONE. AMZ123...NONE. AMZ125...NONE. AMZ127...NONE. *FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE VISIT: HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTAFBPROD.SHTML#OWF NOTE: GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) AT: HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/MARINE/GRIDS.PHP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ .FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.