000 AGXX40 KNHC 011719 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 PM EDT THU NOV 01 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COMBINATION OF T.S. NOEL OVER THE BAHAMAS AND RIDGE TO THE NE HAVE TIGHTENED THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. BUOYS IN THE GULF CURRENTLY INDICATING NE WINDS 20-25 KT E OF 90W. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH FRI THEN DECREASE FRI NIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRI THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE GULF W OF THE FRONT THROUGH MON THEN ANOTHER QUICK MOVING FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA TUE. T.S. NOEL OVER THE BAHAMAS IS FORECAST TO MOVE NE OF THE BAHAMAS FRI THEN BECOME EXTRATROPICAL JUST N OF THE AREA FRI EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND RADII WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRI NIGHT THEN GO BELOW GALE FORCE SAT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE W OF 70W TONIGHT THEN N OF 25N W OF 68W FRI AND FRI NIGHT. COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF NOEL...AND EXTENDS FROM 31N73W TO W CUBA FRI NIGHT AND FROM 29N65W TO E CUBA SAT AND FROM 31N61W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN THEN DISSIPATING 24N65W TO HAITI. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE TUE. TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO NICARAGUA. THE TROUGH REMAINS STATIONARY THROUGH FRI THEN DRIFTS E FRI NIGHT AND SAT. COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS SAT NIGHT AND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA SUN THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND WEAKEN. NLY WINDS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT. WARNINGS... ATLC... AMZ080...TRPCL STORM N OF 24N BETWEEN 72W-78W. GALE ELSEWHERE N 23N W OF 70W AND S OF 23N W OF 74W CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS