000 AGXX40 KNHC 030652 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST SUN DEC 3 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... STATIONARY FRONT EXETNDS FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA SW TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS GULF THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT. MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE IN STORE FOR THE GULF AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SWD FROM E TEXAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF BY MON NIGHT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LOW PRES FORMS OVER NE FLORIDA. THE LOW WILL RAPIDLY LIFT NE MON IN ADVANCE OF THE BUILDING HIGH. THIS WILL PUSH THE STATIONARY FRONT EWD AS A COLD FRONT TO E OF THE GULF TUE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE ACROSS THE GULF SUN THROUGH MON AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF 90W. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH TUE AND WED AS THE WEAKENING HIGH SHIFTS E TO THE CAROLINAS...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH IN LINGERING NW SWELL OVER THE SE PART. GFS HINTS AT POSSIBLE LOW PRES FORMING ALONG THE TEXAS COAST THU WITH INCREASING WINDS OVER THE NW GULF. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... WINDS REMAIN RATHER STRONG OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC N OF 29N DUE TO STRONG HIGHER PRES N OF REGION. WITH STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING S OVER THE GULF MEXICO TONIGHT AND MON WINDS WILL INCREASE MON THROUGH THU. WINDS AND SEAS FINALLY DIMINISH WED AND THU OVER THE CARIBBEAN...BUT STAY ON THE MODERATE SIDE OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC FROM ABOUT 12N-23N IN THE WAKE OF A TROUGH NOW E OF THE REGION. SW N ATLC... STRONG WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS CONTINUES TO BE THE STORY HERE AS TIGHT PRES GRADIENT CREATED BY STRONG HIGH PRES CENTERED WELL N OF THE AREA AND A TROUGH E OF THE AREA. NE WINDS IN THE 20-25 KT ARE STILL BEING REPORTED OVER THE E PART OF THE ATLC S OF 27N E OF 68W. WINDS ARE 20 KT ELSEWHERE S OF 28N BETWEEN 68W-76W WITH E SWELL UP TO 12 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS AND SOME SWELLS TO 9 FT BETWEEN THE BAHAMAS AND 79W. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N77W TO 29N81W WILL SLOW DOWN AND LIFT N AS WARM FRONT SUN IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRES FORMING ALONG THE GEORGIA/ S CAROLINA COAST. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NW 20-25 KT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MON...THEN BECOME N-NE 20 KT MON NIGHT AND TUE AS THE FRONT REACHES TO THE W BAHAMAS...AND BECOMES STATIONARY FROM 27N65W TO E CUBA WED AND A WEAKENING FRONT THAT MERGES WITH A WEAK TROUGH (MENTIONED EARLIER UNDER TROPICAL N ATLC) OVER THE SE PART OF THE AREA INTO LATE THU. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT BECOME NE-E 10-15 KT WED AND THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ENTERS THE NW CORNER THU. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING S OF 25N W OF 90W...GMZ082. FORECASTER MUNDELL