000 AGXX40 KNHC 141738 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2003 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT POISED TO MOVE OFF THE COAST AND SWEEP THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO THE ATLC LATER TONIGHT. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TREND OF CURRENT FORECAST IN KEEPING THE STRONG WINDS BASICALLY N OF 25N IN THE GULF WITH LIGHT WINDS S OF THERE GRADIENT WEAKENS WED NIGHT AND THU. IN THE ATLC THE STRONGEST NWLY WINDS WILL BE N OF 28N W OF THE FRONT WED. THE FRONT CONTINUES ITS RAPID MOVEMENT WED MOVING FROM AROUND 31N70W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND SLOW WED NIGHT AND THU WITH DECREASING WINDS. THE LOW THAT WAS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN HAS MOVED INLAND INTO NICARAGUA AND QUICK SCAT WINDS INDICATE LIGHT NE WINDS IN THE AREA. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC REMAIN QUIET THROUGH THU. OUTLOOK... HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE ATLC N OF THE AREA THU NIGHT AND FRI BRINGING MODERATE NE WIND ACROSS THE ATLC N OF 25N. THE NEXT FAST MOVING FRONT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FRI NIGHT AND INTO THE ATLC SAT. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS FRONT THIS ONE BRINGS STRONG WINDS OVER THE ENTIRE GULF BY SAT THEN MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SW GULF OF SUN. IN THE ATLC MOST OF THE GRADIENT REMAINS N OF THE AREA WHERE STRONG LOW PRES DEVELOPS...SO WINDS IN THE ATLC WILL BE IN THE MODERATE RANGE N OF 25N ON SAT AND SUN. THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BY SUN BUT WINDS DO NOT INCREASE MUCH. OTHERWISE LIGHT ELY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC. WARNINGS. NONE. FORECASTER DGS