000 AGXX40 KNHC 040552 AAA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EST MON DEC 4 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... STRONG HIGH PRES OVER TEXAS WILL SHIFT E ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH MON AND TUE...AND INTO THE WESTERN ATLC WED. THE STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM N FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL SHIFT E AS A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND MON. THE REINFORCING HIGH PRES WILL BRING INCREASED WINDS AND SEAS TO GULF WATERS... WITH GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MON OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH WED AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND SHIFTS E. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON THU...BRINGING INCREASING WINDS TO THE GULF WATERS LATE IN THE WEEK. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL INCREASE THROUGH MON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N. ELSEWHERE... FRESH TO STRONG ELY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH MON THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRES OVER THE WRN ATLC WEAKENS. WINDS E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES WILL INCREASE BY LATE IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER CENTRAL ATLC. WEAKENING HIGH PRES RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS ALONG 29N. STRONG NE WINDS PERSIST BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND A TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE E...WITH LARGE SWELL IN THE WATERS E OF THE SRN BAHAMAS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN THIS AREA THROUGH MON AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS FURTHER. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT FROM 31N79W TO NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL WILL EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO 28N80W MON MORNING...AND 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE MORNING. STRONG NLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER THE WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH MID WEEK...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH LATE WEEK. A WEAKER FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SW N ATLC... WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... STORM WARNING W OF 94W. .W OF 94W NW TO N WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...EXCEPT 40 TO 50 KT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 TO 18 FT.