000 AGXX40 KNHC 241721 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 121 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2014 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: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. A COLD FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO 27N67W THEN STATIONARY TO 26N94W TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 22N98W. THE FRONT WILL STALL TONIGHT. A REINFORCING FRONT WILL ENTER THE GULF TONIGHT AND MOVE SE AND MERGE WITH THE STALLED FRONT ACROSS SE PORTIONS TUE EVENING...WITH THE MERGED FRONTS MOVING INTO NW CARIBBEAN EARLY WED. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TUE AND WED. TROUGHING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE W GULF FRI AS HIGH PRES MOVES NE OF THE AREA. NE WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT TUE THEN DECREASE WED AFTERNOON. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS ACROSS S CENTRAL PORTIONS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TODAY THROUGH TUE NIGHT AS THE ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS INTO E ATLC. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE S ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY WED MORNING AND STALL ALONG ABOUT 20N LATE WED...WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE THU. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA THU AND FRI...INCREASING THE TRADE WINDS ACROSS ENTIRE REGION. LARGE NW SWELL WILL MOVE INTO N PORTIONS OF TROPICAL ATLC WATERS AND THROUGH NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES FRI. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE MODEST DOWNWARD TREND THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS AS PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS. SWELL FROM STRONG E COAST LOW TO ENTER N PORTIONS THU NIGHT AND INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH TUE MORNING. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER NW WATERS EARLY TUE AND STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NE ACROSS THE W ATLC THROUGH THU...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TUE AND TUE NIGHT ACROSS N WATERS. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO S FLORIDA TUE NIGHT AND FROM 25N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE WED AND MOVE E OF THE AREA THU. LARGE NW SWELL WILL SPREAD S AND SE THROUGH THE AREA WED THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT NE OF THE AREA FRI. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... .AMZ031...CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W INCLUDING COLOMBIA BASIN... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THU NIGHT. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ111...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT. .AMZ113...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W... GALE WARNING TUE. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT. .AMZ115...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W... GALE WARNING TUE. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT INTO WED. $$ *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.HURRICANE WARNINGS.GOV/MARINE $$ .FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.