000 AGXX40 KNHC 140448 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM SUN MAY 14 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATER TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 25N98W MON AFTERNOON AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE AND E OF THE AREA WED. STRONG NLY WINDS DEVELOP N OF THE FRONT MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF MON AND TUE. HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE AREA W OF THE FRONT. WEAKENING COLD FRONT IN THE ATLC CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO 23N78W WILL DISSIPATE FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATER TODAY. SLY WINDS PICK UP OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST MON AND EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TUE AND FROM 31N72W WED AND FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU. STRONG SLY WIND AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 25N WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS W OF THE FRONT. THE ATLC RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN THE CARIBBEAN TRADES BY EARLY THIS WEEK. THE TRADES WILL DECREASE LATER IN THE WEEK AS THE ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS E AND A LATE SEASON COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS THU. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS