000 AGXX40 KNHC 021745 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1245 PM EST THU NOV 2 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO THE RIO GRANDE DELTA. SHIP AND BUOY OBSERVATIONS SHOW NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. SEAS WILL INCREASE ACCORDINGLY THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH FRI...AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST BY SUN...ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO SUBSIDE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RETURN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. CARIBBEAN... WEAK UPPER DIVERGENCE ON THE W SIDE OF UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WAS AIDING CONVECTION LAST NIGHT OVER WEAK CIRCULATION NEAR BELIZE. WHILE VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME ROTATION...IT'S DIFFICULT TO DISCERN A LOW LEVEL SIGNATURE OF THIS FEATURE MATCHING AREA OBSERVATIONS. AT ANY RATE...TSTM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO SUBSIDE AS THIS SYSTEM EXPERIENCES SE SHEAR BETWEEN UPPER TROUGH TO THE NW AND ANTICYCLONE OVER CARIBBEAN. NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECT. OTHERWISE...WINDS AND SEAS NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND IN RESPONSE TO STALLING COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA. ALSO EXPECT TRADE WINDS TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY N OF COLOMBIA AS HIGH PRESSURE TO N SHIFTS E INTO ATLC. SW ATLC... 1012 MB LOW WILL MOVE OFF CAROLINA COAST LATER TODAY...WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT ENTERING ATLC WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THIS FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W THROUGH CENTRAL CUBA BY EARLY FRI...WITH NE WINDS INCREASING TO JUST BELOW GALE FORCE BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT FRESH TO STRONG NE WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER MOST OF THE SW ATLC N OF 22N AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS E. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN