000 AGXX40 KNHC 090605 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 105 AM EST FRI JAN 9 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 FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. A SURFACE TROUGH PREVAILS OVER THE SW GULF WATERS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT STRONG TO NEAR GALE WINDS W OF THE TROUGH OVER THE SW WATERS. ELSEWHERE MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE SW WATERS AND GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF. SEAS ARE IN THE 8 TO 12 FT RANGE OVER THE SW WATERS...6-9 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 25N AND 3-5 FT N OF 25N. THE TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE WESTERN WATERS THROUGH FRI. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS FRI AFTERNOON AND STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY SAT. A SECOND WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS LATE MON. THIS FRONT WILL STALL FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO BY TUE. ...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. A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM E CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT GALE FORCE WINDS OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA WITH FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS AS WELL AS THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 10 TO 12 FT RANGE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...6-9 FT OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...4-6 FT OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...6-8 FT OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...AND 7-10 FT OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. THE COLD FRONT WILL DISSIPATE EARLY TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WINDS PULSING TO GALE FORCE OFF COLOMBIA DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WHILE MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN EARLY NEXT WEEK. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 26N65W TO E CUBA. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WITHIN 150 NM W OF THE FRONT WITH MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS PREVAILING ELSEWHERE W OF THE FRONT. GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL E OF THE FRONT. SEAS ARE IN THE 8-14 FT RANGE W OF THE FRONT OUTSIDE THE BAHAMAS...2-4 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS...AND 5-7 FT E OF THE FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL DISSIPATE TODAY. A SECOND WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS TODAY...BUT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE OVER THE N WATERS SAT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE AREA AND PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... .AMZ031...CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W INCLUDING COLOMBIA BASIN... GALE WARNING EARLY TODAY. GALE WARNING TONIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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.HURRICANE WARNINGS.GOV/MARINE $$ .FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.