000 AGXX40 KNHC 230750 MIMATS Marine Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 250 AM EST Fri Nov 23 2018 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... A stationary front extends W from the SE gulf to low pres near 25.5N96.5W, then continuing S to the Bay of Campeche. The low will meander through tonight, then move N on Fri, then ENE on Fri night across the N-central gulf dragging the boundary E as a cold front that will reach the central gulf waters on Sat. A stronger cold front will move SE off the Texas coast on Sun, reach from the Florida Panhandle to the Bay of Campeche on Mon, then stall across the far SE waters on Tue. Minimal gale force winds are forecast across the far W central waters and along the Mexican coast near Veracruz Mon into Mon night. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... Fresh to locally strong trades are forecast across the tropical waters E of the Windwards beginning on Sat night. A weak pressure gradient across the Carib will yield moderate to locally fresh trades through Sun before strong nocturnal trades resume along the NW coast of Colombia on Sun night. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... A pair of frontal boundaries are generally stationary and nearly E to W across the NW waters this morning...one along 25-26N and a second along 28-29N. A surface low or wave will develop near the northern Bahamas along the front today, and strengthen as it moves N on Fri night into Sat with gale conditions and large seas developing N of the Bahamas this morning at 12Z through tonight around 06Z. The low will drag a cold front across the northern waters on Sat and Sun. A third cold front will move off the SE United states coast on Mon evening. This third cold front will extend from Bermuda to the NW Bahamas late Tue. $$ .WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by telephone: .GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ017...W CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 94W... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Mon. .GMZ023...SW GULF S OF 22N W OF 94W... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Mon into Mon night. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... None. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ111...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W... Gale Warning today into tonight. .AMZ113...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W... Gale Warning today into tonight. $$ *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 Stripling. National Hurricane Center.