000 AGXX40 KNHC 031646 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1200 PM EST FRI NOV 3 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO...SW EXTENSION OF COLD FRONT WILL PUSH S AND INLAND OLD MEXICO TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE E CONUS WILL PRODUCE NE 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH SAT...THEN DIMINISH AND BECOME E OVER THE NW WATERS SAT NIGHT...WITH THE DECREASE IN WINDS/SEAS SPREADING E SUN THROUGH TUE...BUT E WINDS STILL 20 KT STRAITS OF FL TUE. ON WED...AN RIDGE E TO W ALONG 30N WITH MOSTLY E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT WINDS. EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD BRIEFLY TO 13 FT CENTRAL WATERS TONIGHT AND SAT...AND NOT DROP BELOW 8 FT TILL LATE MON OVER E PART...AND THEN 3 TO 5 FT WED IN DEVELOPING RETURN FLOW. SW ATLC...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO PSN FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT...FROM 31N59W TO E CUBA LATE SAT...FROM 27N55W TO HISPANIOLA SUN NIGHT...THEN DRIFT SE...OR LIE QUASI STATIONARY THROUGH TUE WITH ONLY A SLIGHT WIND SHIFT EVIDENT ALONG FRONTAL REMNANTS OVER NW TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WED. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY TUE...THEN ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS SE OVER THE NW WATERS WITH SLY FLOW SPREADING E WED. CARIBBEAN...STRONG COLD NW WATERS WILL OVERRUN BROAD TROUGH OVER GULF OF HONDURAS TONIGHT AND SAT...AND LOSE ITS PUSH FROM HISPANIOLA TO GULF OF HONDURAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. NW OF FRONT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INTO MON...THEN MOSTLY E TUE...AND THEN E TO SE WED AS REMNANTS OF FRONT WASH OUT. EXPECT SEAS TO MAX AT 10 FT NW WATERS NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL MON. ELY TRADE WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH PERIOD. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON