000 AGXX40 KNHC 061652 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1150 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... WEAKENING HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE MID ATLC STATES IS ALLOWING WINDS AND SEAS TO SUBSIDE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY SETTING UP FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS ACROSS THE GULF. A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS DIGGING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL PUSH THE NEXT COLD FRONT INTO THE NRN GULF WATERS THU. BUILDING HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALLOW WINDS AND SEAS TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE GULF LATE THU INTO FRI. GALE CONDITIONS ARE STILL ANTICIPATED OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN SOMEWHAT BETWEEN THE BUILDING SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE NRN GULF AND A WEAKENING TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. ACCORDINGLY THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE S CENTRAL GULF NEAR THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AS WELL BY THU NIGHT/EARLY FRI MORNING. STRONG NE TO E WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SUN AND MON FROM W TO E AS THE HIGH TO THE N WEAKENS AND SHIFTS INTO THE ATLC. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... TROUGH EXTENDS GENERALLY ALONG 72W. THIS FEATURE WILL GRADUALLY DAMPEN OUT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N. LIKEWISE A STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE THROUGH THU. MEANWHILE FRESH TO STRONG ELY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE TROP N ATLC AND CARIBBEAN BASIN IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGH PRES BUILDING TO THE N. A FAIRLY LARGE E FETCH IS SETTING UP ACROSS THE ATLC AND CARIBBEAN...WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR INCREASING SWELL ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. SW N ATLC... STATIONARY FRONT FROM 28N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT AND DISSIPATE TO THE N OF THE AREA INTO THU. MEANWHILE A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE ATLC COAST LATE THU...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NW WINDS VEERING MORE N TO NE FRI. THE STRONG NE TO E FLOW WILL COVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH LARGE NE SWELL. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WRN GULF GMZ080-082 W OF 93W THU.