000 AGXX40 KNHC 311737 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WARM FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM 27N86W TO A 1015 MB LOW PRES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST NEAR 27N96W. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO SE LOUISANA LATER TONIGHT AND THE WARM FRONT MOVE TION THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WINDS BECOME SLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY THU MORNING AS NEXT FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE THU EVENING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 20N96W THU NIGHT THEN WEAKEN FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 20N95W. A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE GULF AND WILL EXTEND FROM CENTAL FLORIDA TO 22N98W SAT AND FROM S FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N95W SUN. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO GALE FORCE S OF 22N W OF THE FRONT SUN THEN BELOW GALE FORCE MON. WEAKENING TROUGH IN THE SE PORTION THE ATLC FROM 22N65W TO NEAR HAITI WILL DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT AND HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST THU EVENING. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO GALE FORCE N OF 29N W OF 75W BY LATE THU NIGHT AND CONTINUE E OF THE FRONT FRI AND DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE FRI EVENING. THE FRONT WEAKENS FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI NIGHT. A REINFORCING COLD MOVES TO 31N74W TO 27N80W SUN AND FROM 31N66W TO WESTERN CUBA MON. ATLC RIDGE WILL KEEP BRISK TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE TYPICAL AREAS ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBA. COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE SUN AND EXTEND FROM WESTERN CUBA TO N BELIZE BY MON. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS