000 AGXX40 KNHC 161926 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SFC OBS SHOW COLD FRONT PUSHING OF THE GULF COAST WITH 20-25 KT WINDS. IN ADDITION PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NEAR TAMPA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BEHIND FRONT. FRESH TO STRONG NLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW FRONT BOUNDARY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH FROM W TO E SAT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE AREA. SELY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE WRN GULF SUN AS STRONG HIGH PRES SHIFTS E INTO THE ATLC. FRESH TO STRONG E TO SE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL BUT THE SHELTERED NE GULF THROUGH TUE ON PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRES. WED POLAR HIGH DIVING S COMBINED WITH SLOW MOVING LOW PRES IN GREAT PLAINS WILL TIGHTEN GRADIENT CONSIDERABLY ACROSS GULF...INCREASING WINDS TO 20-25 KT ENTIRE GULF...SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT WRN GULF. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... QUIKSCAT AND SHIP OBS SHOW ELY TRADE WIND FLOW DIMINISHING OVER MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN. TRADES WILL DIMINISH FURTHER SAT AND SUN AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SW ATLC WATERS. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN...ESPECIALLY AROUND YUCATAN CHANNEL AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES S. TRADE WINDS WILL INCREASE MON THROUGH WED AS 1032 MB HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE WRN ATLC. SW N ATLC... FRESH TO STRONG SLY WINDS AHEAD OF PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ARE BEING OBSERVED E OF FLORIDA. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE OFF THE SE COAST THIS EVENING. UKMET AND GFS SHOW 25 TO 30 KT WINDS POSSIBLE JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 29N TONIGHT. NW 20 TO 25 KT FLOW WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ACROSS AND N OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH SAT...THEN DIMINISH THROUGH SUN AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT AND HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS FLORIDA PENINSULA. TRADE WIND FLOW S OF THE HIGH WILL THEN INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MUNDELL