000 AGXX40 KNHC 050537 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST SUN NOV 5 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH TODAY. HOWEVER ELY SWELLS PERSIST BUT WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK. STRONG WINDS IN THE EASTERN GULF WILL DECREASE BY MON NIGHT. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON INTO THE EASTERN GULF WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO E CUBA DRIFT TO 24N65W TO HISPANIOLA AND BECOME STATIONARY LATER TODAY AND MON THEN DISSIPATE TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES N OF FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH TUE. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE E COAST WED THEN EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU. STRONG SLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE S/CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND THE ATLC FRONT AND TIGHTENS THE PRES GRADIENT. THESE CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH MON NIGHT THEN DIMINISH TUE THROUGH THU AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE WED THE DISSIPATES THU AFTERNOON. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS