000 AGXX40 KNHC 080546 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT THU NOV 08 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 THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TO S TEXAS WILL WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE HIGH MOVES EWD AND THE WINDS BECOME SE TO S OVER THE WESTERN GULF FRI THROUGH MON. WINDS WILL BE 15 KT OR LESS THROUGH THE WEEKEND THEN THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS SOME ON MON AND WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT. ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N69W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 27N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN FROM 25N65W TO E CUBA FRI. NLY WINDS 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY WILL SUBSIDE TO 10-15 KT FRI AND SAT. THE WINDS MAY PICK UP OVER THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA SUN AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF NW-N WINDS BRUSHES THE AREA THEN QUICKLY MOVES E. STATIONARY SURFACE TROUGH FROM HAITI TO NE NICARAGUA WITH 15-20 KT NE WINDS BEHIND THE TROUGH. A COLD FRONT ALONG THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SE AND MERGE WITH THE TROUGH. TRADES WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN ATLC. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS