000 AGXX40 KNHC 260608 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 SM EST FRI JAN 26 2007 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...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GULF TODAY THEN DECREASE TONIGHT. THE HIGH MOVES E INTO THE ATLC LATE TONIGHT AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO SAT AFTERNOON AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY SUN THEN E OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT MON AND MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF TUE. ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N65W TO 23N80W. GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA TODAY THEN MOVE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT SAT NIGHT AND SUN ARE FORECAST TO REACH GALE FORCE AT THAT TIME. THE FRONT MOVES E ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL EXTEND FROM 31N66W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE MON AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE TUE. COLD FRONT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM WESTERN CUBA TO NEAR COZUMEL MEXICO WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TODAY. RIDGE BUILDS N OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND MOVES E SUN AND MON AS ANOTHER COLD APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN AND MOVES TO CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE MON AND BECOMES DIFFUSE TUE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... GALE WARNING...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS