000 AGXX40 KNHC 231646 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 199 AM EDT TUE OCT 23 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 FROM WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N91W WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE WED AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO W CUBA THU THEN BECOME STATIONARY...AND DRIFT W SAT AND SUN. WILL KEEP STORM WARNING FOR BAY OF CAMPECHE FOR EARLY TONIGHT THEN GALE THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND BELOW GALE FORCE WED. WINDS DECREASE BELOW 20 KT THU NIGHT BUT INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OVER THE WEEKEND AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. HIGH PRES CENTERED NE OF BERMUDA IS KEEPING E/SE FLOW ACROSS THE W ATLC WATERS WITH SEAS 4-6 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS. THE PRES GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN STRENGTHENING TONIGHT WITH WINDS REACHING 20 KT IN THE EASTERLY FLOW ESPECIALLY E OF 70W. COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE THU AND FRI THEN MOVE W SAT AND SUN. A GENERALLY WEAK PRES GRADIENT DUE TO A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 64W AND BROAD LOW PRES OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN IS PRODUCING LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. FEW CHANGES ARE EXPECTED UNTIL WED NIGHT WHEN THE GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN AND NW WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF 83W. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... STORM WARNING...S OF 21N W OF FRONT...GMZ082. GALE WARNING...ELSEWHERE S OF 25N W OF FRONT...GMZ082. FORECASTER DGS 000 AGXX40 KNHC 231646 RRA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 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 FROM WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N91W WILL EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE WED AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO W CUBA THU THEN BECOME STATIONARY...AND DRIFT W SAT AND SUN. WILL KEEP STORM WARNING FOR BAY OF CAMPECHE FOR EARLY TONIGHT THEN GALE THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND BELOW GALE FORCE WED. WINDS DECREASE BELOW 20 KT THU NIGHT BUT INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OVER THE WEEKEND AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. HIGH PRES CENTERED NE OF BERMUDA IS KEEPING E/SE FLOW ACROSS THE W ATLC WATERS WITH SEAS 4-6 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS. THE PRES GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN STRENGTHENING TONIGHT WITH WINDS REACHING 20 KT IN THE EASTERLY FLOW ESPECIALLY E OF 70W. COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE THU AND FRI THEN MOVE W SAT AND SUN. A GENERALLY WEAK PRES GRADIENT DUE TO A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 64W AND BROAD LOW PRES OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN IS PRODUCING LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. FEW CHANGES ARE EXPECTED UNTIL WED NIGHT WHEN THE GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN AND NW WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF 83W. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... STORM WARNING...S OF 21N W OF FRONT...GMZ082. GALE WARNING...ELSEWHERE S OF 25N W OF FRONT...GMZ082. FORECASTER DGS