000 AGXX40 KNHC 091719 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST FRI FEB 09 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK TROUGH FROM 27N87W TO 22N88W WILL DISSIPATE EARLY TONIGHT. COLD FRONT ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO SW LOUISIANA THEN STATIONARY SW TO CORPUS CHRISTI. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS EARLY TONIGHT AND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA S TEXAS SAT AND E OF THE ARE SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND SUN WITH DECREASING WINDS.THE HIGH SHIFTS EWD AND SLY RETURN FLOW WINDS PICK UP TO 15-20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF SUN NIGHT AND MON. THE NEXT COLD APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST MON NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 24N97W TUE AFTERNOON THE THE E OF THE AREA WED. WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT. WEAKENING TROUGH...REMNANTS OF PREVIOUS COLD FRONT...EXTENDS FROM 25N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS...WITH A COLD FRONT FROM 28N65W TO 27N75W.THE FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE TROUGH THIS EVENING FROM 23N65W TO HISPANIOLA...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE EARLY SAT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE THE NRN PORTION OF THE AREA SAT AFTERNOON AND SLIDE TO E OF THE AREA BY SUN MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF W-NW 20 KT WINDS SAT INTO EARLY SUN MORNING OVER THE NRN PORTION OF THE AREA. HIGH PRES THEN BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN MON WITH LIGHT WINDS. THE RIDGE MOVES E IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT TUE. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TUE. THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE TUE NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO 28N80W WED MORNING AND FROM 31N69W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA WED. STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COULD APPROACH 30 KT. TRADES OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST HAVE DECREASED TO 15-20 KT 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. THE HIGH MOVES E AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC WED AND THE WINDS ONCE AGAIN DECREASE. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS