000 AGXX40 KNHC 270456 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM FRI OCT 27 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. STRONG SLY FLOW ACROSS THE NW GULF OF MEXICO AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFFSHORE LATER THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AND EXTEND FROM NEAR MOBILE AL TO TAMPICO MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE N AND INCREASING TO 25-30 KT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND E OF THE GULF BY SAT AFTERNOON. WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE FROM W TO E SAT NIGHT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SOUTHERN TX THEN MOVES INTO THE SE U.S. MON AND INTO THE ATLC TUE. COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE FROM 21N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE E OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST THIS EVENING AND SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-30 KT N OF 27N W OF 75W. SLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY SAT AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN THEN FROM 30N65W TO W CUBA MON AND DISSIPATE TUE. ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC LATER TODAY AND INTO THE E CARIBBEAN LATE TONIGHT AND SUN AS A RELATIVELY STRONG...FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR..TROPICAL WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE WAVE WEAKENS AS IT MOVE W MON AND TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SAT AND EXTEND FROM AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE SUN THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE MON. WARNINGS... ATLC... GALE WARNING N OF 29N W OF 77W LATE TONIGHT...ZONE AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS