000 AGXX40 KNHC 010715 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. ...GALE FORCE WINDS THIS MORNING OVER WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO... GULF OF MEXICO... A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PLUNGING SOUTHWARD IN THE WESTERN GULF. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS ARE BLOWING AT GALE FORCE AND SEAS GENERATED BY THE WIND WAVES ARE RAMPING UP VERY QUICKLY. BUOY 42002 AT 25N94W REPORTED SEAS 4 FT AT 23Z AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND 18 FT AT 04Z AND WINDS DURING THAT PERIOD 33-35 KT GUSTING TO 41-43 KT. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL DROP TEMPERATURES BY AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE CENTRAL AND SW GULF AREAS LATER THIS MORNING EXTENDING FROM THE APALACHICOLA FL TO THE SRN BAY OF CAMPECHE. GALE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE WESTERN GULF MAINLY W OF 95W...WITH SEAS PEAKING AT 15-18 FT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE WESTERN GULF TOMORROW AS THE FRONT LOSES MOST OF ITS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND SLOWS ITS EWD MOVEMENT. THE FRONT WILL STALL SAT NIGHT FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NEAR 19N93W...WITH NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO THE N THE FRONT IN ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE AREA. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY THROUGH SAT AS A SUPPORTING UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT TO THE NE. THIS WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH PUSHING INTO THE NRN PLAINS...SUPPLYING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR INTO THE NORTHERN GULF SUN. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDS GAINING STRENGTH AGAIN TO GALE FORCE OVER THE SW GULF LATE SUN AS A 1043 MB HIGH BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NEAR GALE NLY WINDS WILL BLANKET THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF BY MIDDAY MON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUE AS THE WEAKENING HIGH SHIFTS E TO THE CAROLINAS. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... STRONG ELY WINDS CONTINUE OVER ALL BUT THE FAR WRN CARIBBEAN WATERS ON THE SRN PERIPHERY OF A BROAD STRONG SFC HIGH EAST OF VIRGINIA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH VERY LITTLE THIS WEEKEND OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN AS THE HIGH PRES TO THE N WEAKENS SLIGHTLY AND SHIFTS E. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL MON AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE U.S. SW N ATLC... BROAD STRONG HIGH PRES RIDGE E OF VIRGINIA CENTERED NEAR 37N70W 1035 MB HIGH. STRONG TO NEAR GALE CONDITIONS ARE EVIDENT IN AREAS ALONG AND E OF THE BAHAMAS AND N OF HISPANIOLA. MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL N OF 28N CLOSER TO THE RIDGE AXIS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS WEEKEND IN THE BAHAMAS AND N OF PUERTO RICO. A COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE SE COAST SAT...THEN BECOME STATIONARY FROM 31N75W TO 30N81W. A SECOND REINFORCING FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE COAST SUN NIGHT... FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NWLY WINDS ON MON IN THE BAHAMAS AND ADJACENT WATERS TO THE N. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING GMZ080-082 THIS MORNING. FORECASTER MUNDELL