000 AGXX40 KNHC 270538 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. ALL MODELS DEVELOP A LOW ALONG A FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. THE GFS IS THE STRONGEST WITH THE LOW AND BRINGS THE WINDS TO GALE FORCE OVER N PORTION OF THE MIDDLE AND EASTERN GULF TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN. THIS IS THE FIRST GFS RUN TO INCREASE THE WINDS TO GALE FORCE..AND THE NAM AND NOGAPS ARE MORE IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS GFS RUNS. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS CALLING FOR WINDS 20-25 KT...MAY INCREASE THE WINDS UP TO 30 KT WITH THIS PACKAGE AND SEE IF LATER RUNS CONTINUE THIS TREND. THE LOW MOVES E OF THE AREA SUN MORNING AND THE FRONT MOVES SE OF THE GULF BY SUN AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT THEN MOVES E TUE AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. HIGH PRES ACROSS THE ATLC MOVES E AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND MOVES INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE ARE SUN MORNING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH GALE FORCE LATE SAT NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUN. THE LOW MOVES RAPIDLY NE WITH COLD FRONT FROM 31N75W TO 27N80W SUN AFTERNOON AND FROM 30N65W TO E CUBA MON THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA TUE. A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM E CUBA TO HONDURAS WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER THIS MORNING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN AND EXTEND FROM E CUBA TO GULF OF HONDURAS EARLY MON AND DISSIPATE BY MON AFTERNOON. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS