000 AGXX40 KNHC 300449 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NEAR HOUSTON TX WILL BECOME DIFFUSE BY MORNING. HOWEVER STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL KEEP STRONG WINDS IN THE E GULF. WEAK LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF TUE COMBINED WITH THE RIDGE TO THE N WILL KEEP STRONG WINDS THROUGH WED THEN DECREASE SOME ON THU. ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N68W TO 27N80W WITH STRONG NE WINDS...20-30 KT..N OF THE FRONT AND SEAS TO 15 FT. THE FRONT WEAKENS FROM 31N72W TO 27N80W TUE AND WINDS DECREASE TO 15-20 KT. PRES PATTERN BECOME WEAK BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. REMNANTS OF KAREN NEAR NEAR 16N55W WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE NE PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE 20-25 KT MAINLY N OF THE LOW PRES CENTER TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN DECREASE MON AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE WITH LACK OF ATLC RIDGE TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL BE LIGHTER THEN NORMAL. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS