000 AGXX40 KNHC 201722 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT SAT OCT 20 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR TAMPICO. BUOY OBSERVATIONS W OF THE FRONT INDICATING 15-20 KT NE WINDS BETWEEN 85W AND 94W. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATE SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND WINDS BECOME SLY ON SUN. THE NEXT STRONGER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST MON MORNING AND WILL EXTEND FROM THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO TAMPICO MEXICO MON EVENING AND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18N94W TUE AND OVER THE EXTREME SE PORTION OF THE AREA WED THEN STALLS. ALL THE MODELS BRING GALE FORCE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ESPECIALLY IN THE SW GULF. WILL LIKELY KEEP CURRENT HEADLINES OF GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF ZONE AND S OF 27N W OF FRONT IN THE NW GULF ZONE LATE MON AND TUE. THE GFS INDICATES SOME 50 KT WINDS IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE...HOWEVER THE OTHER MODELS DO NOT. WINDS REMAIN TO GALE FORCE THROUGH EARLY WED IN THE SW GULF THEN DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE BY AFTERNOON. WINDS DECREASE RAPIDLY LATE WED AND THU. COLD FRONT IN THE ATLC FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 31N73W TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS LATER TONIGHT THEN WEAKENING FROM 31N68W TO 28N80W THEN DISSIPATE SUN NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES MOVES E OFFSHORE FROM THE CAROLINAS MON WITH AN ASSOCIATED RIDGE BUILDING SE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THE RIDGE MOVES E AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST THU. TRADES ARE E-SE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE OVER THE CARIBBEAN S OF 15N BETWEEN 70W-75W AND ALSO FROM 15N-18N W OF 80W. THE WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN DECREASE SUN BUT CONTINUE 20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY MON THEN DECREASE MON AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WED THEN INTO THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN THU. A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 77W MOVING W 10-15 KT BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WINDS AND SEAS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ANOTHER WAVE IS E OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE ALONG 48W/49W S OF 18N MOVING W 10-15 KT. THIS WAVE IS ALSO NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT...IF ANY AT ALL...ON WINDS AND SEAS IN THE TROPICAL ATLC NEXT WEEK. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS