000 AGXX40 KNHC 300713 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST THU NOV 30 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IN THE GULF THIS MORNING BUT MODERATE TO FRESH SELY WINDS CONTINUE...AS STRONG ATLC HIGH PRESSURE INTERACTS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE GULF AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING WITH NNW WINDS REACHING GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. WIND WAVES WILL BUILD RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT PEAKING NEAR 15 FT FRI MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SAT... WITH THE FRONT STALLING BETWEEN FLORIDA AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE OVER THE WEEKEND. REINFORCING HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE NW GULF WILL INCREASE WINDS AND SEAS AGAIN SUNDAY. FAR SE GULF WILL SEE FRESH E FLOW AND STEEP WIND WAVES THROUGH EARLY FRI THEN ABATE OVER THE WEEKEND AS SFC HIGH MOVES WELL NE OF THE AREA. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... 20 TO 25 KT TRADES WITH SOME REPORTS TO 30 KT IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OFF U.S. EAST COAST. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH FRI AS HIGH PRES TO THE N STRENGTHENS AND SHIFTS SLIGHTLY SE OVER THE WESTERN ATLC. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW GALE FORCE ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30-35 KT ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. FRESH TRADES WILL PERSIST THERE INTO THE WEEKEND AND RELAX A BIT WRN AND ERN PORTIONS. SW N ATLC... 1030 MB HIGH PRES OFF THE EAST COAST MAINTAINING FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS N OF THE GREATER ANTILLES AND THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS TO 28N. SIMILAR WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THIS AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY THEN SHRINK TO MOSTLY S OF 24N AND E OF 76W INTO THE WEEKEND. LONG FETCH OF STRONG NE TO E WINDS BETWEEN HIGH PRES TO THE N AND FRONTAL TROUGH E OF THE AREA WILL ALLOW LARGE SWELLS TO BUILD...AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EXPECTING 20 TO 25 KT SE WINDS OFF N FL E TO 77W TONIGHT INTO FRI AS THE HIGH INTERACTS WITH AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM... SUBSIDING INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE ENERGY LIFTS NE OF THE AREA. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING GMZ080-082 THIS EVENING/EARLY FRI. FORECASTER MUNDELL