000 AGXX40 KNHC 121747 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK HIGH PRESS RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH LIGHT N TO NE WINDS OVER MOST AREA. THE MODELS DIFFER SOME ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW PRES CURRENTLY OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. OVERALL THE GFS DIFFERS THE MOST THEN THE OTHER MODELS...A IT BRINGS THE LOW ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA INTO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE MON NIGHT AND INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SW GULF MON AFTERNOON AND SE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TUE AND INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WED. THE OTHER MODELS ARE A LITTLE MORE SIMILAR BRINGING THE LOW ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MON BUT KEEP IT IN THE SW GULF THROUGH WED. EITHER WAY IN THE SORT TERM WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WILL INCREASE WITH THE LOW TO THE S AND RIDGE TO THE N TIGHTEN THE GRADIENT. LOW PRESS AREA FCST TO DEVELOP HAS YET TO MATERIALIZE OVER THE ATLC AND THUS THE STRONG WINDS WINDS DID NOT DEVELOP AS WELL. NOW THE LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP EARLY SAT AND MOVE SLOW NE TO NEAR 27N70W SUN AND 27N69W MON THEN DISSIPATE MON NIGHT OR EARLY TUE. THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH THEN DRIFTS NW WED. BROAD LOW PRESS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN CONTINUES TO KEEP SUB NORMAL TRADES GOING OVER MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN W OF 70W...WITH MOST AREAS W OF 75W. NEAR NORMAL TRADES ARE EVIDENT ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND E CARIBBEAN E OF A TROPICAL WAVE AXIS ALONG 70W. BROAD LOW MEANDERS JUST OFF THE COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THEN AS MENTIONED ABOVE THE LOW MOVES INLAND LATE SUN THEN INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MON. ELY WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SW CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT AND MON E OF A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS THEN DECREASE TO 10-15 KT BY WED. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS