000 AGXX40 KNHC 291814 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N61W TO 26N65W TO 20N72W. A BROAD AREA OF NW TO N WINDS OF 20-25 KT ARE N OF THE FRONT AS NOTED BY QSCAT AND SHIP/BUOY OBSERVATIONS. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM 31N58W TO 25N64W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE BY THU WITH MODERATE NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT LINGERING W OF THE FRONT S OF 26N. HIGH PRESS BUILDS N OF THE STALLED BOUNDARY THU AND FRI WITH NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT SPREADING OVER ALL AREAS NW OF THE BOUNDARY ON FRI. WINDS WEAKEN TEMPORARILY TO 15-20 KT SAT...BUT INCREASE AGAIN TO 20-25 KT ON SUN AND MON. GULF OF MEXICO... 1031 MB HIGH IS CENTERED OVER N LOUISIANA NEAR 32N91W PRODUCING NLY WINDS AND SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO. COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT SE OF THE AREA WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF CUMULUS CLOUD STREETS OVER THE GULF INDICATIVE OF STRONG TURBULENT MIXING WITH NLY WINDS OF 20-25 KT OVER MOST OF THE GULF S OF 28N. NEAR SHORE PLATFORMS OVER THE N GULF ALREADY INDICATING WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS ARE BELOW 6 FT N OF 25N. SEAS REMAIN 6 TO 8 FT S OF A LINE FROM TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 20N96W. HIGH PRESS BUILDS ACROSS THE NRN GULF TONIGHT AND THU AND ALLOWS WINDS TO VEER NE TO E AND LIGHTEN TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH SEAS 6 FT NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TO 1 FT ALONG THE N GULF COAST. HIGH PRESS STRENGTHENS AND BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLC FRI AND SAT WITH NE WINDS INCREASING 20-25 KT OVER THE GULF E OF 90W. HIGH WEAKENS SUN WITH NE WINDS OF 10-15 KT OVER MOST OF THE GULF SUN AND MON. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM HAITI TO E HONDURAS ALONG 20N72W TO 15N80W TO 15N84W. QSCAT INDICATES A SOLID AREA OF 25 TO 30 KT WINDS NW OF FRONT. A SEPARATE AREA OF 20-25 KT WINDS ARE NOTED WITHIN 120-150 NM OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN...QSCAT NOTES 10-15 KT WINDS. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE HONDURAN/ NICARAGUAN BORDER BY LATE THU THROUGH FRI. N TO NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT ARE FCST TO PERSIST NW OF THE FRONT THU AND FRI. AS HIGH WEAKENS...WINDS DECREASE TO 15-20 KT N OF THE LEFTOVER BOUNDARY ON SAT AND 10-15 KT SUN AND MON. IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC NE 15-20 KT WINDS N OF 19N ENHANCED BY A 1012 MB LOW NEAR 11N40W AND TROUGH FROM 5N TO 15N...COMBINED WITH N SWELL IS PRODUCING 8-9 FT SEAS OVER THE N WATERS OF THE ZONE. SOME OF THIS SWELL HAS FILTERED THROUGH THE ANEGADA AND MONA PASSAGES. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL SCENARIO IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SEAS REMAINING 9 FT IN LONG PERIOD SWELL EMERGING FROM THE E ATLC. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER FORMOSA. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.