000 AGXX40 KNHC 231800 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST TUE JAN 23 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVELS... BROAD RIDGE SOUTH OF 25N AND BROAD WESTERLY FLOW NORTH OF 25N. THE WESTERLIES WILL STRENGTHEN SOME THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A SHORTWAVE WILL IMPACT THE ATLANTIC AREA N OF 25N FRIDAY WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS PATTERN WILL CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH SUNDAY THEN AMPLIFY ON MONDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE IN OVER THE ATLANTIC STRENGTHENS. SURFACE... FOR A CHANGE A LIGHT WIND PATTERN WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT. HOWEVER A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THURSDAY AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST PASSING EAST OF BERMUDA BY EARLY FRIDAY. WINDS EAST OF THE FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE LIGHT BUT IN THE ATLANTIC WINDS EAST OF THE FRONT NORTH OF 25N WILL REACH THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE WITH GALE WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR 31N. ALL AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL EXPERIENCE 20 TO 25 KT WINDS AND TO 30 KT IN THE ATLANTIC NEAR 31N...GALES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR 31N. BY SATURDAY THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND BE CONFINED TO NEAR AND WITHIN 300 NM N OF FRONT. THE WINDS WILL FURTHER DECREASE SUNDAY. A LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF THE EAST U.S. COAST SUNDAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST. IT WILL DRIVE ANOTHER FRONT SOUTH OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 AND POSSIBLY TO 30 KT OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA BY LATE SUNDAY. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY. TRADES IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC WILL BE 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER TONIGHT THEN DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AND STAY MOSTLY LESS THAN 20 KT THROUGH MONDAY. TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL BE MODERATE TO STRONG WITH 30 KNOT WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH SATURDAY THEN DECREASE SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH ONLY 20 KNOT WINDS NEAR COLOMBIA LATE MON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN WEST OF 90W LATE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER LL