000 AGXX40 KNHC 012156 RRA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 120 PM 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 AFTERNOON OVER SW GULF OF MEXICO... GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM APALACHICOLA TO SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE AND APPEARS TO BE SLOWING EWD MOVEMENT. MORNING QUIKSCAT PASS OVER SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE INDICATED 35 TO 40 KT N WINDS ONGOING. HOWEVER...BUOY DATA INCLUDING BUOY 42055 SHOW WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WRN GULF HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW GALE FORCE. EXPECT GALES TO END IN SW GULF THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL...ALTHOUGH STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER MUCH OF THE GULF WELL INTO TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF THE LOOP CURRENT. LARGE OF STRATA CUMULUS IS EVIDENT IN COLD SECTOR BEHIND THE FRONT. UPPER SUPPORT FOR THIS FRONT IS LIFTING OUT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...ALLOWING UPPER FLOW TO BECOME MORE ZONAL. ACCORDINGLY...THE FRONT IS SLOWING EWD MOVEMENT AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA ON SAT. REINFORCING 1036 MB HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUN...RESULTING IN INCREASED WINDS AND SEAS OVER GULF WATERS INTO MON...REACHING GALE FORCE W OF 96W AND STRONG TO NEAR GALE OVER THE REMAINDER. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUE AS THE WEAKENING HIGH SHIFTS E TO THE CAROLINAS. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY AS FRONT IN THE GULF WEAKENS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. HOWEVER...STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC IS MAINTAINING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY MON AS HIGH BUILDS OVER GULF OF MEXICO. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH VERY GRADUALLY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BASIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES OVER ATLC WEAKENS. SW N ATLC... 1036 MB HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC IS MAINTAINING STRONG TO NEAR GALE ELY WINDS OVER THE AREA...MAINLY S OF 25N. GRADIENT IS TIGHTENING BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...RESULTING IN MODERATE TO FRESH SLY WINDS IN THE WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT EMERGES OFF THE COAST...THEN STALLS FROM 31N78W TO 29N81W. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE COAST EARLY MON MORNING...FOLLOWED BY INCREASED NW WINDS THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA N OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH TUE. WINDS OVER ALONG AND E OF THE SRN BAHAMAS WILL FINALLY DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGH TO THE N WEAKENING. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING SRN GMZ082 THIS AFTERNOON. FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN