000 AGXX40 KNHC 111722 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1230 PM EST TUE NOV 11 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. THE RADIOFAX SCHEDULE FOR GRAPHICAL WIND WAVE...SURFACE FORECAST AND PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS HAS CHANGED. FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN THIS INCLUDES 24...36...48 AND 72 HOUR WIND WAVE..24...48..72 HOUR SURFACE FORECAST AND 48 AND 72 HOUR PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE FAX SCHEDULE ON THE NHC WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/RADIOFAX.SHTML GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRES WELL N OF AREA OVER THE TN VALLEY WILL SHIFT SE REACHING NC TUE NIGHT THEN WEAKENS. THE FRESH SE RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW WATERS WILL SPREAD E OVER MOST WATERS W OF 90W TONIGHT...AND NE TO E WINDS WILL ALSO PULSE AT 15 TO OCCASIONALLY 20 KT OVER NE GULF AND SE GULF AS A TROUGH E OF AREA SHIFTS W ACROSS BAHAMAS. THE GRADIENT RELAXES SLIGHTLY WED NIGHT AS WINDS BECOME SLY IN ADVANCE OF WEAK CDFNT SLIPPING OFF TX COAST AROUND 17Z WED. THE FRONT SEEMS TO LOSE ITS PUSH FROM CENTRAL LA TO NE OLD MEXICO WED NIGHT...THEN MEANDERS BRIEFLY UNTIL A STRONGER COLD SURGE RACES SE INTO NW WATERS LATE THU. THIS SECOND FRONT WILL SCOOP UP WHATEVER REMAINS OF THE INITIAL FRONT...WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY REACHING FROM NW FL TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI NIGHT...AND MOVES SE OF AREA LATE SAT. NOTE THAT THIS IS ABOUT 12 HOURS FASTER THAT YESTERDAYS GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. ATLC...A FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 31N69W SW INTO REMNANT LOW PRES OF PALOMA VICINITY 22N78W THIS AM. EXPECT LOW TO FILL TONIGHT AS ATLC RIDGE PUSHES THE TROUGH W THROUGH CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED AND OVER S FL THU. GRADIENT INCREASES THROUGHOUT WITH NE TO SE WIND SHIFT AT 20 KT ALONG TROUGH AXIS. ATLC RIDGE CONTINUES W ALONG 27N FRI WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVING GA COAST SAT AFTERNOON...REACHING FROM 31N72W TO 22N76W SUNRISE SUN...AND PASSING THROUGH BERMUDA SUN NIGHT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A LOW LEVEL TROUGH DISSECTS THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 17N62W TO 22N60W. THIS TROUGH WILL SHIFT W AND WEAKEN SOMEWHAT...BUT LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A NE TO SE 15 TO 20 KT WINDSHIFT WILL REACH MONA PASSAGE THU...AND WINDWARD PASSAGE FRI NIGHT...SO MADE MENTION IN TEXT FORECASTS. SEEMS GRADIENT TIGHTENS ELSEWHERE E OF THIS TROUGH. ALSO MODEL RUNS SUGGEST NE FLOW WILL PULSE TO 20 KT ALONG NW COAST OF COLOMBIA SO INTRODUCED THIS AM PACKAGE. A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVES YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE FRI NIGHT...ABOUT 24 HOURS FASTER THAT MENTIONED YESTERDAY...WITH NLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KT OVER CARIBBEAN W OF 82W BY SUNRISE MON. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.