000 AGXX40 KNHC 130459 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM WED SEP 13 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF NW TEXAS COAST LATER THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...AND LIGHT SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BY FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OVER THE WEEKEND WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. ATLC TROUGH FROM 28N65W TO S FLORIDA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY THE DISSIPATE THU. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE FRI EXTENDING FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N71W TO 26N80W SAT THEN BECOME DIFFUSE SUN. LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WAS ONCE FLORENCE WILL AFFECT THE ATLC AREA E OF THE BAHAMAS MAINLY N OF 22N TODAY THEN SPREAD S AND WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AND WILL REACH EASTERN HISPANIOLA AND PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT INTO THU. THE SWELL WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FALLING TO LESS THAN 6 FT FRI NIGHT GORDON WILL REMAIN WELL E OF THE AREA AND IT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SYSTEM AND NOT LOOKING FOR MUCH SWELL GENERATION FROM GORDON. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER LL