000
AGXX40 KNHC 241813
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EST MON DEC 24 2007

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

A WEAKENING FRONT HAS STALLED OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA 
STRETCHING FROM NEAR 31N76W ACROSS THE S CENTRAL FLORIDA 
PENINSULA AND INTO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS OR SO AND THEN BEGIN TO MOVE 
E ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND THE BAHAMAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE 
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E AND BY LATE FRIDAY WILL DISSIPATE. 
STRONGEST WINDS...TO 25 KNOTS...WILL BE LOCATED E OF THE FRONT 
ON WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO 
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND 
EASTERN GULF AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ON THURSDAY. THE NEXT FRONT 
WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY FRIDAY.

QUIKSCAT PASS FROM THIS MORNING...ABOUT 1000 UTC...INDICATES NE 
TO E WINDS TO NEAR GALE FORCE OVER THE ATLANTIC N OF 26N E OF 
61W.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CAB