000 AGXX40 KNHC 221638 MIMATS Marine Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1138 AM EST Wed Jan 22 2020 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... High pressure building southward across the Gulf behind a NW Caribbean cold front will allow winds to gradually decrease over the eastern Gulf today. As the high slides east tonight, strong S and SE winds will develop over the NW Gulf. This return flow will persist into Thu, ahead of a cold front that will move off the TX coast Thu night. By Fri evening, this front will stretch from the Big Bend region of Florida into the SW Gulf. This front will weaken and move SE of the Gulf by Sat night. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... A cold front stretches from the Windward Passage to near the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border this morning will reach a Hispaniola to central Costa Rica line by this evening, then stall from Puerto Rico to eastern Panama Thu evening to Fri, then weaken and dissipate. Strong N winds and higher seas are expected W of the front through tonight. N swell prevailing E of the Windward Islands will diminish today. For the weekend, more benign conditions will prevail as a weak pressure gradient prevails over the area. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... Complex low pressure producing widespread gales extends from the NW Bahamas this morning to near 29N74W. This elongated low pressure will shift ESE across the N Bahamas today, then begin to consolidate and intensify as a broad low moves NE tonight and Thu and out of the area Fri. Strong gales to storm force will prevail N through W of the low pressure through tonight, spreading westward into the central and SE Florida coastal waters and across the NW Bahamas to 25N. Gales will continue Thu and expand to the E as the low moves away from the Bahamas. An associated cold front extends from 28N70W to the Windward Passage this morning, and will stretch from S of Bermuda through Hispaniola this evening, then stall over the far SE waters and Puerto Rico Thu night into Fri. $$ .WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by telephone: .GULF OF MEXICO... None. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... None. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ111...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W... Gale Warning today. .AMZ113...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W... Storm Warning today. Gale Warning tonight. .AMZ115...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W... Gale Warning tonight into Thu. .AMZ117...BAHAMAS INCLUDING CAY SAL BANK... Gale Warning today. .AMZ119...ATLANTIC FROM 22N TO 27N E OF BAHAMAS TO 70W... Gale Warning today. $$ *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.