--------------------------------------------------------------------------- TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION (NORTH ATLANTIC AREA) MESSAGES T1T2: AX A1A2: NT Date: 2026-03-12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message File: T_AXNT20KNHC120609_C_KWBC_20260312061023_29294990-9624-TWDAT.txt ****0000006819**** AXNT20 KNHC 120609 TWDAT Tropical Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 0615 UTC Thu Mar 12 2026 Tropical Weather Discussion for North America, Central America Gulf of America, Caribbean Sea, northern sections of South America, and Atlantic Ocean to the African coast from the Equator to 31N. The following information is based on satellite imagery, weather observations, radar and meteorological analysis. Based on 0000 UTC surface analysis and satellite imagery through 0500 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... Caribbean Sea Gale Warning: Tight pressure gradient between an Atlantic Ridge near 28N and a Colombian Low at northwestern Colombia will cause near-gale to gale-force easterly winds along with 8 to 11 ft seas at the waters off Barranquilla tonight through Thursday morning. Afterward, both winds and seas should gradually subside Thursday evening through Friday morning. Western Atlantic Gale Warning: A cold front will move off the Carolina and Georgia coast on Thursday afternoon. Expect fresh to strong S winds to become W to NW at near-gale to gale-force by late Thursday afternoon. Seas will follow and rise to between 8 and 10 ft by late Thursday night. As the cold front pulls farther southeastward into the western Atlantic and weakens, conditions will gradually improve on Friday. For both gale events above, please read the latest High Seas and Offshore Waters Forecast issued by the National Hurricane Center at website - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAHSFAT2.shtml and https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/offshores.php for more information. Gale Warning E of 35W: Meteo-France has issued a Gale Warning for the Agadir marine zone until 12/03Z. Please refer to the Meteo-France High Seas Forecast at website https://wwmiws.wmo.int for more details. ...MONSOON TROUGH/ITCZ... A monsoon trough enters the Atlantic through the coast of Guinea just north of Conakry, then reaches southwestward to near 04N17W. An ITCZ continues from 04N17W across 00N27W to near Fortaleza, Brazil. Numerous moderate to scattered strong convection is seen south of the monsoon trough from 00N to 05N between 10W and 15W. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is present near the ITCZ from 04S to 02N between 17W and 34W. ...GULF OF AMERICA... A cold front is near the Texas coast from near the Texas- Louisiana border southwestward to Corpus Christi, Texas. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are occurring up to 70 nm southeast of the front. Fresh to strong NW to N winds along with 6 to 8 ft seas are noted behind this front. Otherwise, a surface ridge extending southwestward from central Florida to just north of Tampico, Mexico is dominating the rest of the Gulf with gentle to moderate NE to SE to S winds and seas of 3 to 5 ft. For the forecast, the ridge will shift eastward tonight through the remainder of the week. The aforementioned cold front will move southeastward before stalling across the southeastern Gulf Thu night, then dissipate there Fri through Fri night. Expect strong to near gale-force N winds behind the front through Thu evening before winds gradually diminish. Marine conditions will improve significantly early Fri through Sun as weak high pressure settles just north of the Gulf. Another cold front will move into the northwestern Gulf Sun night and reach the southeastern Gulf by Mon night. Strong to near gale-force winds will follow the front along with rough seas, with possible gales off Tamaulipas and Veracruz Mon and Mon night ...CARIBBEAN SEA... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A robust trade-wind regime continues across much of the basin. Outside the Gale Warning area, fresh to strong ENE to E winds and seas of 7 to 9 ft are evident at the south-central basin. Gentle to moderate NE to SE winds and 3 to 5 ft seas are noted at the northwestern basin and off the coast of Costa Rica. Moderate to fresh E to SE winds and seas at 6 to 8 ft prevail elsewhere in the Caribbean Sea, including the Gulf of Honduras, lee of Cuba and the Windward Passage. For the forecast, the Atlantic Ridge near 28N will shift eastward Thu through Fri night, causing the fresh to strong winds to be confined at the south-central basin, south of 13N during that time. Marine conditions are expected to gradually improve across the basin as the pressure gradient weakens. Large easterly trade wind swell from the Tropical North Atlantic will slowly subside across the Atlantic waters east of the Lesser Antilles tonight. High pressure will build across the Atlantic to the north Sat night through Mon, allowing fresh to strong trades and building seas to extend westward from the Tropical North Atlantic into the eastern and central Caribbean Sea. ...ATLANTIC OCEAN... Please see the Special Features at the beginning on two Gale Warning. Two modest surface troughs are producing widely scattered showers from 21N to 28N between 50W and 65W. Refer to the Monsoon Trough/ITCZ section for additional weather in the Atlantic Basin. A broad surface ridge extending southwestward from a 1030 mb high near 35N45W across 31N60W to beyond central Florida is supporting gentle to moderate ENE to SSE winds and seas of 4 to 6 ft north of 20N between 50W and the Florida/southern Georgia coast. To the east, moderate to fresh NE to E winds and 6 to 8 ft seas are noted north 20N between 35W and 50W. Farther south from the Equator to 20N between 35W and 45W, gentle to moderate NE winds and seas at 5 to 7 ft in moderate NE swell exist. For the tropical Atlantic from the Equator to 20N between 45W and the Lesser Antilles, moderate to fresh NE to E winds and 6 to 9 ft seas in large NE swell prevail. For the forecast west of 55W, moderate to fresh easterly winds will prevail south of 25N through Thu as Atlantic high pressure persists along 32N. Fresh to strong southerly winds will develop off northern Florida tonight ahead of an approaching cold front. That front will move offshore of northeastern Florida by Thu evening with fresh to gale-force winds and quickly building seas behind it Thu night. The front will then rapidly weaken and begin to stall as it reaches from near 31N71W to extreme southern Florida Fri morning, then drift northwestward and dissipate Fri evening. High pressure ridging will then prevail across the western Atlantic north of 25N Sat and strengthen Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to locally strong winds and rough seas nearly basin-wide. $$ Chan ########################### END OF MESSAGE SET ############################ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message File: T_AXNT20KNHC120819_C_KWBC_20260312082024_29294990-9632-TWDAT.txt ****0000007911**** AXNT20 KNHC 120819 TWDAT Tropical Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1215 UTC Thu Mar 12 2026 Tropical Weather Discussion for North America, Central America Gulf of America, Caribbean Sea, northern sections of South America, and Atlantic Ocean to the African coast from the Equator to 31N. The following information is based on satellite imagery, weather observations, radar and meteorological analysis. Based on 0600 UTC surface analysis and satellite imagery through 0700 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... Western Atlantic Gale Warning: A cold front will move off the Carolina and Georgia coast this afternoon. Expect fresh to strong S winds to become W to NW at near-gale to gale-force by late this afternoon into the overnight hours. Seas will follow and rise to between 8 and 11 ft by late tonight. As the cold front pulls farther southeastward into the western Atlantic and weakens, conditions will gradually improve on Friday. Caribbean Sea Gale Warning: A tight pressure gradient between an Atlantic Ridge N of the Caribbean and a Colombian Low will cause near-gale to gale-force easterly winds along with 8 to 11 ft seas at the waters off Barranquilla through the early morning hours today. Afterward, both winds and seas should gradually subside through Friday morning. Gulf of America Gale Warning: A strong cold front is moving into the NW Gulf, extending from SE Louisiana to near Brownsville, Texas early this morning, with fresh to strong winds and building seas behind it, gale-force winds in the coastal waters. The front will quickly reach from the mid-Florida Panhandle to just SE of Veracruz, Mexico this afternoon, then will stall and significantly weaken over the SE Gulf tonight into early Fri, dissipating Fri night. For the gale events above, please read the latest High Seas and Offshore Waters Forecast issued by the National Hurricane Center at website - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAHSFAT2.shtml and https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/offshores.php and refer to the latest local NWS Weather Forecast Office for more information. Gale Warning E of 35W: The Meteo-France issued Gale Warning for the Agadir marine zone was in effect until 12/03 UTC. Please refer to the Meteo-France High Seas Forecast at website https://wwmiws.wmo.int for more details. ...MONSOON TROUGH/ITCZ... A monsoon trough enters the Atlantic through the coast and border of Guinea and Sierra Leone, then reaches southwestward to near 04N17W. The ITCZ continues from 04N17W across 00N25W to near the coast of Brazil at 03S39W. Numerous moderate to scattered strong convection is seen south of the monsoon trough S of 05N to the E of 16W. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is present near the ITCZ from 04.5S to 03.5N between 17W and 35W. ...GULF OF AMERICA... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A strong cold front is moving into the NW Gulf, extending from SE Louisiana to near Brownsville, Texas early this morning, with fresh to strong winds and building seas behind it, gale-force winds in the coastal waters. An outflow boundary or pre-frontal trough is ahead of the front reaching from the western Florida Panhandle to the SE tip of Louisiana to Mexico near 24.5N97.5W with a line of scattered showers and thunderstorms associated with it. Special Marine Warnings are in effect for parts of the NE Gulf coastal waters. Meanwhile, a Dense Fog Advisory is once again in effect for the NE Gulf, for the Apalachee Bay waters to 60 nm offshore. Refer to your local NWS Weather Forecast Office for more details on both. Otherwise, a surface ridge extending southwestward from central Florida to just north of Tampico, Mexico is dominating the rest of the Gulf with gentle to moderate mainly SE-S winds and seas of 3-5 ft, except lower in the eastern Gulf coastal waters of Florida. For the forecast, the front will quickly reach from the mid- Florida Panhandle to just SE of Veracruz, Mexico this afternoon, then will stall and significantly weaken over the SE Gulf tonight into early Fri, dissipating Fri night. Marine conditions will improve significantly early Fri through Sun as weak high pressure settles just N of the basin. Another cold front will move into the NW Gulf Sun night and reach the SE Gulf by Mon night. Strong to near gale-force winds will follow the front along with rough seas, with possible gales in the NW Gulf, and offshore Tamaulipas and Veracruz, Mexico Mon and Mon night. ...CARIBBEAN SEA... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A robust trade-wind regime continues across much of the basin. Outside the Gale Warning area, fresh to strong ENE to E winds and seas of 7-9 ft are evident at the south-central basin. Gentle to moderate E-SE winds and 3-5 ft seas are noted at the northwestern basin and off the coast of Costa Rica. Moderate to fresh E-SE winds and seas at 6-8 ft prevail elsewhere in the Caribbean Sea, including the Gulf of Honduras, lee of Cuba, S of Hispaniola, and the Windward Passage. No significant convection is evident on satellite imagery. For the forecast, the pressure gradient between a Bermuda High and a Colombian low will support fresh to strong trades across the central basin through this morning, gale-force just offshore Colombia until around sunrise. Moderate to fresh NE to E winds will also pulse near the Windward Passage, S of Hispaniola, and the Gulf of Honduras this morning. The high pressure will shift eastward today through Fri night, leading to fresh to strong winds becoming confined to the south-central Caribbean S of 13N during that time, while marine conditions gradually improve area- wide as the pressure gradient weakens. High pressure will build across the Atlantic to the N Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to strong trades and building seas extending from the Tropical N Atlantic to the eastern and central Caribbean. ...ATLANTIC OCEAN... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A cold front is moving through the SE United States and fresh to strong S-SW winds have developed ahead of it offshore northern Florida. Ridging extends from high pressure near the Azores through near Bermuda to near Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of the incoming front. Gentle to moderate winds and 3-5 ft seas are noted N of 27N between 60W and 77W under the ridge. A persistent trough is near 53W to the N of 20N, drifting W with some isolated to widely scattered showers with it. Moderate to fresh NE-E trades dominate a large portion of the tropical Atlantic across the remainder of the waters W of 20W to the Caribbean Islands and the SE Bahamas. A tight pressure gradient remains over the waters off northern Africa with fresh to strong NE winds N of 25N and E of 20W. Associated seas of 8-11 ft are N of 22N and E of 30W, except locally higher off Morocco. Seas are 5-8 ft across the remainder of the open waters. For the forecast west of 55W, the cold front will move offshore of NE Florida by this evening with fresh to gale-force winds and quickly building seas behind it Thu night. The front will then rapidly weaken and begin to stall as it reaches from near 31N71W to extreme S Florida Fri morning, then drift NW and dissipate Fri evening. High pressure ridging will then prevail across the northern waters Sat and strengthen Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to locally strong winds and rough seas nearly basin-wide. The next cold front may move into the waters off Florida Mon night. $$ Lewitsky ########################### END OF MESSAGE SET ############################ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message File: T_AXNT20KNHC120839_C_KWBC_20260312083946_16515500-9249-TWDAT.txt ****0000007911**** AXNT20 KNHC 120839 TWDAT Tropical Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1215 UTC Thu Mar 12 2026 Tropical Weather Discussion for North America, Central America Gulf of America, Caribbean Sea, northern sections of South America, and Atlantic Ocean to the African coast from the Equator to 31N. The following information is based on satellite imagery, weather observations, radar and meteorological analysis. Based on 0600 UTC surface analysis and satellite imagery through 0700 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... Western Atlantic Gale Warning: A cold front will move off the Carolina and Georgia coast this afternoon. Expect fresh to strong S winds to become W to NW at near-gale to gale-force by late this afternoon into the overnight hours. Seas will follow and rise to between 8 and 11 ft by late tonight. As the cold front pulls farther southeastward into the western Atlantic and weakens, conditions will gradually improve on Friday. Caribbean Sea Gale Warning: A tight pressure gradient between an Atlantic Ridge N of the Caribbean and a Colombian Low will cause near-gale to gale-force easterly winds along with 8 to 11 ft seas at the waters off Barranquilla through the early morning hours today. Afterward, both winds and seas should gradually subside through Friday morning. Gulf of America Gale Warning: A strong cold front is moving into the NW Gulf, extending from SE Louisiana to near Brownsville, Texas early this morning, with fresh to strong winds and building seas behind it, gale-force winds in the coastal waters. The front will quickly reach from the mid-Florida Panhandle to just SE of Veracruz, Mexico this afternoon, then will stall and significantly weaken over the SE Gulf tonight into early Fri, dissipating Fri night. For the gale events above, please read the latest High Seas and Offshore Waters Forecast issued by the National Hurricane Center at website - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAHSFAT2.shtml and https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/offshores.php and refer to the latest local NWS Weather Forecast Office for more information. Gale Warning E of 35W: The Meteo-France issued Gale Warning for the Agadir marine zone was in effect until 12/03 UTC. Please refer to the Meteo-France High Seas Forecast at website https://wwmiws.wmo.int for more details. ...MONSOON TROUGH/ITCZ... A monsoon trough enters the Atlantic through the coast and border of Guinea and Sierra Leone, then reaches southwestward to near 04N17W. The ITCZ continues from 04N17W across 00N25W to near the coast of Brazil at 03S39W. Numerous moderate to scattered strong convection is seen south of the monsoon trough S of 05N to the E of 16W. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is present near the ITCZ from 04.5S to 03.5N between 17W and 35W. ...GULF OF AMERICA... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A strong cold front is moving into the NW Gulf, extending from SE Louisiana to near Brownsville, Texas early this morning, with fresh to strong winds and building seas behind it, gale-force winds in the coastal waters. An outflow boundary or pre-frontal trough is ahead of the front reaching from the western Florida Panhandle to the SE tip of Louisiana to Mexico near 24.5N97.5W with a line of scattered showers and thunderstorms associated with it. Special Marine Warnings are in effect for parts of the NE Gulf coastal waters. Meanwhile, a Dense Fog Advisory is once again in effect for the NE Gulf, for the Apalachee Bay waters to 60 nm offshore. Refer to your local NWS Weather Forecast Office for more details on both. Otherwise, a surface ridge extending southwestward from central Florida to just north of Tampico, Mexico is dominating the rest of the Gulf with gentle to moderate mainly SE-S winds and seas of 3-5 ft, except lower in the eastern Gulf coastal waters of Florida. For the forecast, the front will quickly reach from the mid- Florida Panhandle to just SE of Veracruz, Mexico this afternoon, then will stall and significantly weaken over the SE Gulf tonight into early Fri, dissipating Fri night. Marine conditions will improve significantly early Fri through Sun as weak high pressure settles just N of the basin. Another cold front will move into the NW Gulf Sun night and reach the SE Gulf by Mon night. Strong to near gale-force winds will follow the front along with rough seas, with possible gales in the NW Gulf, and offshore Tamaulipas and Veracruz, Mexico Mon and Mon night. ...CARIBBEAN SEA... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A robust trade-wind regime continues across much of the basin. Outside the Gale Warning area, fresh to strong ENE to E winds and seas of 7-9 ft are evident at the south-central basin. Gentle to moderate E-SE winds and 3-5 ft seas are noted at the northwestern basin and off the coast of Costa Rica. Moderate to fresh E-SE winds and seas at 6-8 ft prevail elsewhere in the Caribbean Sea, including the Gulf of Honduras, lee of Cuba, S of Hispaniola, and the Windward Passage. No significant convection is evident on satellite imagery. For the forecast, the pressure gradient between a Bermuda High and a Colombian low will support fresh to strong trades across the central basin through this morning, gale-force just offshore Colombia until around sunrise. Moderate to fresh NE to E winds will also pulse near the Windward Passage, S of Hispaniola, and the Gulf of Honduras this morning. The high pressure will shift eastward today through Fri night, leading to fresh to strong winds becoming confined to the south-central Caribbean S of 13N during that time, while marine conditions gradually improve area- wide as the pressure gradient weakens. High pressure will build across the Atlantic to the N Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to strong trades and building seas extending from the Tropical N Atlantic to the eastern and central Caribbean. ...ATLANTIC OCEAN... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. A cold front is moving through the SE United States and fresh to strong S-SW winds have developed ahead of it offshore northern Florida. Ridging extends from high pressure near the Azores through near Bermuda to near Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of the incoming front. Gentle to moderate winds and 3-5 ft seas are noted N of 27N between 60W and 77W under the ridge. A persistent trough is near 53W to the N of 20N, drifting W with some isolated to widely scattered showers with it. Moderate to fresh NE-E trades dominate a large portion of the tropical Atlantic across the remainder of the waters W of 20W to the Caribbean Islands and the SE Bahamas. A tight pressure gradient remains over the waters off northern Africa with fresh to strong NE winds N of 25N and E of 20W. Associated seas of 8-11 ft are N of 22N and E of 30W, except locally higher off Morocco. Seas are 5-8 ft across the remainder of the open waters. For the forecast west of 55W, the cold front will move offshore of NE Florida by this evening with fresh to gale-force winds and quickly building seas behind it Thu night. The front will then rapidly weaken and begin to stall as it reaches from near 31N71W to extreme S Florida Fri morning, then drift NW and dissipate Fri evening. High pressure ridging will then prevail across the northern waters Sat and strengthen Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to locally strong winds and rough seas nearly basin-wide. The next cold front may move into the waters off Florida Mon night. $$ Lewitsky ########################### END OF MESSAGE SET ############################ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message File: T_AXNT20KNHC121653_C_KWBC_20260312165428_29294990-9662-TWDAT.txt ****0000005897**** AXNT20 KNHC 121653 TWDAT Tropical Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1815 UTC Thu Mar 12 2026 Tropical Weather Discussion for North America, Central America Gulf of America, Caribbean Sea, northern sections of South America, and Atlantic Ocean to the African coast from the Equator to 31N. The following information is based on satellite imagery, weather observations, radar and meteorological analysis. Based on 1200 UTC surface analysis and satellite imagery through 1600 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... Western Atlantic Gale Warning: Fresh to strong S winds are east of NE Florida ahead of an approaching cold front. That front will move offshore of NE Florida by this evening, with fresh to gale- force winds and quickly building seas behind it Thu night. A Gale Warning is in effect for a portion of the NW waters for tonight. Peak winds should reach around 35 kt with peak seas around 10 ft tonight. The front will then rapidly weaken and begin to stall as it reaches from near 31N71W to extreme S Florida tomorrow morning, and conditions will gradually improve tomorrow. For the gale events above, please read the latest High Seas and Offshore Waters Forecast issued by the National Hurricane Center at website - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAHSFAT2.shtml and https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/offshores.php for more information. ...MONSOON TROUGH/ITCZ... A monsoon trough enters the Atlantic through the coast of Guinea near 07N13W, then reaches southwestward to near 03N20W. The ITCZ continues from 03N20W across 00N25W to near the coast of Brazil at 03S40W. Numerous moderate to scattered strong convection is seen south of 03N between 03W and 25W. ...GULF OF AMERICA... As of 1500 UTC, a strong cold front extends from the Florida panhandle to 25N94W and to inland Mexico just south of Tampico near 20N97W. Fresh to strong N to NE winds and seas of 6 to 10 ft are behind the front. N winds to near gale are over the far west- central Gulf with seas 4-8 ft. A pre-frontal trough extends from 25N88W to the Florida panhandle with scattered moderate convection occurring north of 25N east of 88W. Elsewhere across the Gulf ahead of the front, winds are moderate or weaker with seas 2-5 ft. For the forecast, the cold front will quickly reach from north- central Florida to just SE of Veracruz, Mexico this afternoon, then stall and significantly weaken over the southeastern Gulf tonight into early Fri, dissipating Fri night. Marine conditions will improve significantly early Fri through Sun as weak high pressure settles just N of the basin. Another strong cold front is expected to move into the NW Gulf Sun night and reach the southeastern Gulf by Mon night. Strong to near gale-force winds will follow the front along with seas rapidly becoming rough. Gale force winds will be possible in the NW Gulf, and offshore Tamaulipas and Veracruz, Mexico Mon and Mon night. ...CARIBBEAN SEA... A moderate pressure gradient betwen the Bermuda-Azores High north of the area and a 1010 mb Colombian Low is producing fresh to strong NE trades just north of Colombia, moderate to fresh E trades over the eastern, central and SW Caribbean, and moderate or weaker in the NW Caribbean. Seas are 8-10 ft just north of Colombia, 5-7 ft over the eastern, central and SW Caribbean, and 2-5 ft over the NW Caribbean. No significant deep convection is occurring over the Caribbean today. For the forecast, the pressure gradient between north-central high pressure and relatively lower pressure in Colombia will support fresh to strong trades across the central basin through the rest of this morning. Moderate to fresh NE to E winds will also pulse near the Windward Passage, S of Hispaniola, and the Gulf of Honduras also through the rest of this morning. The high pressure will shift eastward today through Fri night, leading to fresh to strong winds becoming confined to the south- central Caribbean S of 13N during that time, while marine conditions gradually improve area- wide as the pressure gradient weakens. High pressure will build across the Atlantic to the N Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to strong trades and building seas extending from the Tropical N Atlantic to the eastern and central Caribbean. ...ATLANTIC OCEAN... Please read the Special Features section above on a Gale Warning. Fresh to strong SW winds in advance of a cold front have developed just east of NE Florida with seas 5-6 ft. Winds near the Canary Islands are NE fresh to strong with seas to 12 ft. Elsewhere, ridging extends west- southwestward to 27N80W from a 1033 mb Bermuda-Azores High near 36N30W. The pressure gradient between the ridge and lower pressure over the ITCZ is causing widespread moderate to fresh trades over the forecast waters with seas 4-8 ft. A surface trough extending from 22N62W to 27N61W is forcing isolated moderate convection within 60 NM of the trough. For the forecast west of 55W, fresh to strong southerly winds are E of northern Florida ahead of an approaching cold front. That front will move offshore of NE Florida by this evening, with fresh to gale-force winds and quickly building seas behind it Thu night. The front will then rapidly weaken and begin to stall as it reaches from near 31N71W to extreme S Florida Fri morning, then drift to the NW and dissipate Fri evening. High pressure ridging will then prevail across the northern waters Sat and strengthen Sat night through Mon, leading to fresh to locally strong winds and rough seas nearly basin-wide. The next cold front may move into the waters off Florida Mon night. $$ Landsea ########################### END OF MESSAGE SET ############################