000 AGXX40 KNHC 031911 MIMATS Marine Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 211 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2017 Marine Weather Discussion for the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Tropical North Atlantic from 07N to 19N between 55W and 64W and the Southwest North Atlantic including the Bahamas ...GULF OF MEXICO... MODEL PREFERENCE: Global model consensus. High confidence. A cold front is moving across the southern Gulf waters. Latest satellite derived winds and seas along with ship...buoy...and CMAN data depict strong to near gale winds prevail west of the front, with moderate to fresh winds east of the front. Seas are in the 7-10 ft range west of the front and 4-7 ft east of the front. The front will shift southeast of the area later today, with high pressure building in its wake. Fresh to strong winds will prevail over the entire Gulf waters by late tonight. Winds will diminish slightly over the western waters Saturday, while the fresh to strong winds continue over the eastern waters through Monday with southerly return flow prevailing across the basin early next week. Winds will diminish Tuesday and Tuesday night. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: Global model consensus. High confidence. Latest satellite derived winds and seas along with ship...buoy... and CMAN data depict strong to near gale winds over the south central Caribbean, fresh to strong winds elsewhere east of 80W, and moderate winds over the western Caribbean. Seas are in the 10-15 ft range over the south central Caribbean, 7-10 ft elsewhere east of 80W, 3-5 ft over the far northwest Caribbean, and 6-9 ft over the remainder of the Caribbean. Fresh to strong winds with seas in the 8-10 ft range prevail over the tropical north Atlantic waters. Winds will continue to pulse to gale force off the coast of Colombia through Tuesday night. Winds may also reach gale force downwind of the Windward Passage Sunday night. Winds will diminish over the eastern Caribbean and tropical north Atlantic this weekend when high pressure north of the area retreats eastward ahead of a cold front moving off the southeast coast of the United States. High pressure will build in the wake of the cold front, which will increase winds over the western Caribbean waters late this weekend into early next week. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: Global model consensus. High confidence. A cold front extends from 31N65W to the straits of Florida. Latest satellite derived winds and seas along with ship... buoy...and CMAN data depict fresh to strong winds west of the front, moderate to fresh southwest winds within 60 nm east of the front, fresh winds over the far southern waters, and gentle to moderate winds elsewhere over the forecast waters. Seas are in the 6-8 ft range west of the front outside the Bahamas, 4-7 ft elsewhere outside the Bahamas, and 1-3 ft west of the Bahamas. The cold front will move southeastward and extend from 30N65W through the central Bahamas to north-central Cuba by late tonight, then from 24N65W to eastern Cuba on Saturday night as a weakening front. High pressure will build in the wake of the front, with fresh to strong winds and seas reaching near 12 ft prevailing over much of the forecast waters Sunday. Winds will diminish across the waters north of 27N early next week. $$ .WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by telephone: .GULF OF MEXICO... None. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... .AMZ031...CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W INCLUDING COLOMBIA BASIN... Gale Warning tonight into Sat night. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Sun night into Mon night. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Tue night. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... None. $$ *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.nhc.noaa.gov/marine $$ .Forecaster AL. National Hurricane Center.