000 AGXX40 KNHC 280505 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM SAT OCT 28 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...WITH A LINE OF STRONG TSTMS E OF THE FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. BUOYS INDICATING STRONG NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT...GENERALLY AROUND 25-30 KT. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS CONFINED TO THE SE GULF AND BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GULF THROUGH SE U.S IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH MON AND NE OF THE GULF TUE ALLOWING FOR RETURN SLY FLOW OVER THE W GULF MON AND TUE THEN BECOMING ELY WED. GALE WARNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC FOR TODAY. BUOYS OFF THE NE COAST OF FLORIDA ARE SHOWING WINDS PICKING UP TO 25 TO 30 KT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATER THIS MORNING AND EXTEND FROM 21N76W TO SE FLORIDA BY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WEAKENS SUN AND THE NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT DECREASE...WITH THE FRONT FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY AND STARTS TO DRIFT NWD BY MON. A WEAK LOW PRES MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT NE OF THE BAHAMAS LATE IN THE PERIOD. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO E CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS SUN THEN DISSIPATE BY LATE MON OR TUE. NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AROUND 20-25 KT..WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUN NIGHT AND DECREASE BY MON. TROPICAL WAVE NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS WILL MOVE INTO THE E CARIBBEAN LATER THIS MORNING. THE WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON...WITH ELY WINDS 15 TO 2O KT W OF THE WAVE. THE WAVE WEAKENS TUE AND WED AS IT MOVES INTO THE W CARIBBEAN AND THE WINDS DECREASE. WARNINGS... ATLC... GALE WARNING N OF 28N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS