000 AGXX40 KNHC 081715 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 155 AM EST WED NOV 08 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND WINDS ARE 15 KT OR LESS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE HIGH MOVES E ACROSS CENTRAL GULF AND SLY RETURN FLOW BEGINS OVER THE WRN GULF INCREASING TO 15-20 KT LATE THU. SLY FLOW WILL SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE FRI. THE NEXT FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TX COAST FRI NIGHT OR EARLY SAT. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND MOVES BACK N SUN AND MON. ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY THU. STRONG SLY FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT ALREADY IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE WITH THE GFS HINTING AT NEAR GALE FORCE SLY WINDS N OF 30N E OF 67W BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT WORDING OF 20-30 KT WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TO 26N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY FRI THEN WEAKEN OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA EARLY FRI. NEXT FRONT RACES OFF GA COAST SAT NIGHT EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FL SUN EVENING THEN BECOMES DIFFUSE MON. SURFACE TROUGH IN THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT AND EARLY THU THEN BECOME DIFFUSE THU AFTERNOON. QUIKSCAT PASS FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING INDICATES SWATH OF ELY 15-20 KT TRADES OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. THE GFS CONTINUES WITH ELY 15-20 KT ALONG COAST COLOMBIA THROUGH PERIOD THEN SPREADING W TO NICARAGUA SAT THEN WEAKENING AGAIN TO 15 KT ON SUN. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON