000 AGXX40 KNHC 250723 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... MARINE OBSERVATIONS SHOW INCREASED SLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS IN THE WRN AND CENTRAL GULF IN RESPONSE TO COLD FRONT EMERGING OFF THE TX COAST. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEW ORLEANS LA TO BROWNSVILLE TX TODAY...THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKEN ACROSS THE GULF SUN THROUGH TUE...BECOMING DIFFUSE WED. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT N OF THE FRONT. MODERATE TO STRONG S WINDS E OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH SUN AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NRN GULF THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE GULF NEXT WEEK...WITH ELY WINDS INCREASING OVER MUCH OF THE GULF TUE AND WED. STRONG SLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP W OF 85W THU AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST. SW N ATLC... QUIKSCAT SHOWS NEAR GALE FORCE W WINDS N OF 30N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM 31N47W TO HISPANIOLA. WINDS AND SEAS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER N OF 25N BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE SUN...BUT LARGE SWELLS UP TO 15 FT WILL LINGER THROUGH MON. A HIGH WILL BUILD SEWD OFF THE SC COAST THROUGH SUN NIGHT. A RETURN FLOW OF 15-20 KT SETS UP OVER THE FAR NW PART TONIGHT AND SUN IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF GA/FL LATE SUN NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FL MON NIGHT... FROM 31N69W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE MORNING AND DISSIPATE WED. STRONG SSW 20-25 KT WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT MON AND TUE. HIGH PRES NOSES INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SMALL SEAS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY WED. WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE THU AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE GULF COAST STATES. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... QUIKSCAT SHOWS HIGHEST 20-25 KT TRADE WINDS CONFINED TO WITHIN 150 NM OF THE S AMERICAN COAST BETWEEN 67W AND 78W. ELSEWHERE TRADES ARE FAIRLY LIGHT EXCEPT IN NW CARIBBEAN NEAR YUCATAN PENINSULA ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT IN THE NRN GULF. STRONGER NE-E WINDS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND SOME TO THE N AND E MON THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE ATLC. TRADES STEADILY INCREASE OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC S OF ABOUT 19N BEGINNING LATE SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED AS RIDGING N OF THE AREA NEAR 24N STRENGTHENS. TRADES WILL WEAKEN THU AS THE RIDGE RETREATS EWD. A TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT WILL BRING SE WINDS TO 20 KT IN THE WRN CARIBBEAN THU IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MUNDELL