000 AGXX40 KNHC 081715 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 AM EST THU FEB 08 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. A WEAK TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE GULF FROM 27N87W TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR 22N86W WILL DRIFT W THROUGH FRI THEN DISSIPATE. OTHERWISE A WEAK RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE RIDGE MOVES E AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY FRI. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI AFTERNOON THEN MOVES RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS W OF THE FRONT AND THE LATEST GFS MODEL RUN BRINGS NLY TO 20 KT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF LATE FRI AND SAT. THE HIGH MOVES EWD AND SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NW GULF SUN AND MON THEN DECREASE TUE AS THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. WEAK PRES PATTERN CURRENTLY ACROSS THE ATLC ZONE...BUT THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE ATLC THIS EVENING AND EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO 29N77W TONIGHT. WLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT WITH THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA FRI AND WINDS DECREASE. WEAK RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT FRI THE MOVES E SAT AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO 30N81W SAT AFTERNOON AND MOVE TO 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT NIGHT AND E OF THE AREA SUN. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA MON AND TUE. HIGHEST TRADES REMAIN NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING TO 15-20 KT FRI THROUGH SAT MORNING AS HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA MOVES E AND WEAKENS. THE WINDS HERE THEN INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TO 20-25 KT LATER SUN THROUGH TUE AS SLIGHTLY STRONGER HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE ATLC. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN TRADES ARE RATHER LIGHT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH SUN...THEN INCREASE SOME MON AND TUE. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS