000 AGXX40 KNHC 021658 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 PM EDT FRI NOV 02 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. THE GRADIENT HAS WEAKENED SOME OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LATEST BUOY OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT 20 KT WINDS ARE CONFINED TO THE SE GULF. A DRY COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 20N95W. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE SE GULF LATER THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND MAINTAINING 15-20 NE WINDS OVER THE SE GULF. THE HIGH MOVES E MON AND WEAKENS WITH DECREASING WINDS. ANOTHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF TUE THEN RAPIDLY E OF THE AREA WED. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. HURRICANE NOEL MOVING RAPIDLY NE AND SHOULD BE NE OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES NOEL APPEARS TO BE LOSING IT TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MAY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL SOON. THE 21Z NHC ADVISORY WILL DETERMINE THE HEADLINE FOR EITHER HURRICANE OR GALE. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS NOEL EXTRATROPICAL BY 00Z. CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NOEL WILL BE WILL N OF THE AREA BY SAT MORNING. COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF NOEL...AND EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO W CUBA LATER TONIGHT AND FROM 31N67W TO E CUBA SAT AND FROM 28N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE SUN THEN DISSIPATES MON. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA TUE AND FROM 31N69W TO W CUBA WED. TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO PANAMA. THE TROUGH WILL DRIFT E SAT. COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATER TONIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS SAT NIGHT AND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA SUN THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND SLOWLY WEAKENS. NLY WINDS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT. WARNINGS... ATLC... AMZ080...TRPCL STORM N OF 27N E OF 72W. GALE ELSEWHERE N 27N E OF 73W. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS