000 AGXX40 KNHC 100549 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1249 AM EST SAT JAN 10 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 TROUGH PREVAILS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS WHILE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER OKLAHOMA EXTENDS A RIDGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN MEXICO. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES IS SUPPORTING STRONG TO NEAR GALE WINDS W OF THE TROUGH AND FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE NW WATERS. ELSEWHERE MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE GULF WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 8 TO 10 FT RANGE W OF THE TROUGH AND OVER THE NW WATERS. ELSEWHERE W OF 90W SEAS IN THE 5-7 FT RANGE PREVAIL...SEAS IN THE 4-6 FT RANGE PREVAIL OVER THE SE WATERS...AND SEAS IN THE 2-4 FT RANGE PREVAIL OVER THE NE WATERS. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW WATERS LATE SAT AND QUICKLY SHIFT INTO TEXAS SUN. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS MON THEN STALL AND DISSIPATE FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY TUE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. ...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. GALE FORCE WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WITHIN 90 NM OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WITH MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES PREVAILING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 9 TO 13 FT RANGE IN THE AREA OF GALE FORCE WINDS. SEAS IN THE 7-10 FT RANGE PREVAIL OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...4-6 FT OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...4-7 FT OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...AND 7-9 FT OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULSE TO GALE FORCE OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS SAT NIGHT AND SUN NIGHT. A LARGE FETCH OF FRESH TO STRONG WINDS E OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTERLY SWELLS INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS WITH SEAS GREATER THAN 8 FT PREVAILING THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SEAS WILL PEAK NEAR 13 FT OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING N OF THE AREA WILL STRENGTHEN WINDS OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS BY 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 COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE NW WATERS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT MODERATE WINDS W OF THE FRONT...LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS E OF THE FRONT...AND GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 8-10 FT RANGE OVER THE SE WATERS...6-8 FT OVER THE NE WATERS...4-7 FT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS OUTSIDE THE BAHAMAS...AND 1-3 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FRONT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE WHILE THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS THEN E OF THE AREA BY SAT NIGHT. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS MON AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH WED. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... .AMZ031...CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W INCLUDING COLOMBIA BASIN... GALE WARNING TONIGHT. GALE WARNING SAT NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN NIGHT. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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.