000 AGXX40 KNHC 120552 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1252 AM EST THU FEB 12 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 OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WAVES. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY AND MOVE RAPIDLY SE OF THE AREA BY FRI NIGHT. REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL BUILD S WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH SAT...AND SHIFT EASTWARD SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT. THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES AND DEVELOPING LOW PRES OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING SLY RETURN FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WAVES. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE MONA PASSAGE TO 12N79W WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. LARGE LONG PERIOD NW SWELLS WILL REACH THE NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES AND TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS TODAY AND BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRI LATE THROUGH EARLY SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO SAT AND ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE GRADIENT MAY FURTHER INCREASE SUN NIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF GALE FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR WAVES. COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 25N65W TO THE MONA PASSAGE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SAT NIGHT. LARGE NW SWELLS DOMINATE THE AREA E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH EARLY FRI. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW PORTION LATER TODAY AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N64W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND TO WESTERN CUBA BY FRI NIGHT THEN BECOME STATIONARY FROM NEAR 26N65W TO SE BAHAMAS EARLY SAT AND DISSIPATE SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT AND WEAKEN OVER THE FAR SE AND S PORTIONS MON AND MON NIGHT. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... .AMZ031...CARIBBEAN WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST COLOMBIA GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN NIGHT. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ113...N OF 29N E OF 72W... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN AND SUN NIGHT. .AMZ115...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN INTO SUN NIGHT. $$ *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.