000 AGXX40 KNHC 120605 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 105 AM EST WED DEC 12 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. TROPICAL STORM OLGA IS CENTERED OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOVING WEST TOWARD HAITI. THE CENTER OF OLGA WILL WEAKEN AS IT INTERACTS WITH HISPANIOLA BUT HIGH WINDS N OF THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE. THE LATEST ADVISORY WEAKENS OLGA TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION WED EVENING AND REMNANT LOW THU MORNING AS IT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN. SURFACE RIDGE N OF OLGA IS PRODUCING FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS IN THE ATLC S OF 27N. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST LATE THU AND STALLS OVER THE N AND NW GULF THROUGH FRI. HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS OVER THE SRN PLAINS SAT AND SUN WITH NLY WINDS INCREASING BEHIND FRONT TO 25-30 KT. THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC AND NW CARIBBEAN LATE SUN...EXTENDING FROM 31N73W ACROSS WESTERN CUBA TO BELIZE. GFS MODEL BRINGS WINDS TO GALE FORCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE ATLC ON SUN BUT THAT INTENSITY IS ONLY SUPPORTED BY CANADIAN...SO WILL KEEP MAX WINDS AT 30 KT. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC...TROPICAL STORM WARNING AMZ080. CARIBBEAN...TROPICAL STORM WARNING AMZ082 AMZ086...WINDWARD PASSAGE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MUNDELL