000 AGXX40 KNHC 200440 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT THU APR 20 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. HIGH PRES EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE SE U.S. WITH WINDS INCREASING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT THROUGH SUN. THE HIGH WILL MOVE INTO THE ATLC EARLY NEXT WINDS AND WINDS BECOME SLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF. ATLC COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 1004 MB LOW PRES NEAR 31N67W TO WESTERN CUBA. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE TO 27N65W TO HISPANIOLA THIS AFTERNOON AND E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH SUN. THE HIGH STRENGTHENS N OF THE AREA MON AND TUE WITH INCREASING ELY WINDS S OF AROUND 25N. WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC WILL BE LESS THAN NORMAL THROUGH SUN WITH MORE NORMAL TRADES RETURNING MON AND TUE AS THE RIDGE BUILDS N OF THE AREA. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS