000 AGXX40 KNHC 081516 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1016 AM EST THU JAN 8 2015 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 PREVIOUS OFFICIAL. MWW3 USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. COLD AIR AND TIGHT PRES GRADIENT FOLLOW A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE GULF THIS MORNING. GALE WARNINGS ARE ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR TAMPICO AND OFF VERACRUZ. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH THROUGH LATE TODAY AS THE FRONT CLEARS THE GULFS. EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE NE WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF BY TONIGHT WITH SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT...AND FRESH N TO NE WINDS S OF 26N...EXCEPT WITH STRONG WINDS PERSISTING OFF VERACRUZ THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH LATE FRI...BEFORE STALLING FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH SAT. TROUGHING OVER THE NW GULF WILL ALLOW INCREASED WINDS AND SEAS OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI AND SAT. BUILDING HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF BY LATE SAT. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH SUN AND MON. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. COLD FRONT FROM WESTERN CUBA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL STALL FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE THIS EVENING AND BECOMING DIFFUSE FRI. NE WINDS 20-25 KT NW OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE FRI AS THE FRONT DISSIPATES. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER MAINLY THE SW CARIBBEAN. THE HIGH PRES WILL STRENGTHEN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE ASSOCIATED TIGHT PRES GRADIENT INCREASING TRADES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE. COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO NW CUBA. COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS RELATIVELY WARMER WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS AND OFF NE FLORIDA RESULTING IN GALE FORCE WINDS N TO 29N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE LATER TODAY. THE FRONT SLOW SLOW DOWN...AND WILL EXTEND FROM 26N65W TO EASTERN CUBA BY TONIGHT...THEN BECOMING DIFFUSE SAT. A SECOND FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE S GEORGIA COAST FRI AND EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO S FLORIDA BY LATE SAT. HIGH PRES N OF THIS FRONT WILL SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLIES ACROSS THE REGION SUN AND MON. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ017...W CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 94W... GALE WARNING TODAY. .GMZ023...SW GULF S OF 22N W OF 94W... GALE WARNING TODAY. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... .AMZ031...CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W INCLUDING COLOMBIA BASIN... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ113...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W... GALE WARNING TODAY. $$ *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.