000 AGXX40 KNHC 310715 MIMATS Marine Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 315 AM EDT Sun Mar 31 2019 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 cold front has entered the Gulf of Mexico and now extends from SE Louisiana to just S of Brownsville, Texas. Recent scatterometer and surface data indicate fresh to strong northerly winds behind the front. It is forecast to reach a position from Panama City, FL to near Tampico, Mexico this morning, and from northern Florida to the central Bay of Campeche this evening. As a low pressure develops along the front E of Florida, expect this feature to reach a position from southern Florida to the Yucatan Peninsula on Mon evening. Fresh to strong winds are expected behind the front, reaching gale force across the west-central Gulf today, and across the SW Gulf this evening and tonight. Expect building seas of up to 12 or 13 ft within the area of gale force winds. Then, winds and seas will gradually diminish on Mon. The front is forecast to move slowly across the SE Gulf on Tue, exiting the area by late Tue. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... A surface trough, remnants of a frontal boundary, extends from Puerto Rico to just S of Jamaica. This trough will dissipate over the Caribbean waters today, but it will persist near Puerto Rico through Mon. High pressure N of the area will support fresh to strong NE to E winds near the coast of Colombia at night beginning tonight, with seas building to 8 to 10 ft during the period of the strongest winds. Otherwise, generally moderate trade winds will persist across the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic west of 55W through the middle of the week. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... A cold front extending over the SE waters from 22N62W to near Puerto Rico will shift slowly E and eventually dissipate NE of Puerto Rico on Mon. This front is associated to an occluded low pressure of 1012 mb spinning near 29N65W. High pressure will build off the U.S. east coast in the wake of the low through today, then continue E ahead of the next cold front expected to move off the NE Florida coast by this evening. Rapidly deepening low pressure along the front will support an area of gale force winds over the north-central waters on Mon night, with gale conditions possible Tue and Tue night, particularly N of 28N W of 72W. High pres will build across the SW N Atlantic, in the wake of the low, Wed and Thu. $$ .WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by telephone: .GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ017...W CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 94W... Gale Warning today. .GMZ023...SW GULF S OF 22N W OF 94W... Gale Warning today into tonight. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... None. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ111...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W... GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Tue. .AMZ113...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W... Gale Warning Mon night. GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE Tue into Tue night. $$ *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.nhc.noaa.gov/marine $$ .Forecaster GR. National Hurricane Center.