000 AGXX40 KNHC 160541 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT FRI NOV 16 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TODAY. BUOYS CURRENTLY INDICATING STRONG NLY WINDS WITH SEAS 8 TO 11 FT N OF THE FRONT. THE WINDS DECREASE FROM W TO E THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL BE BELOW 20 KT BY TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ALONG 30N BEHIND THE FRONT THEN MOVES EWD WITH WINDS BECOMING SLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF OVER THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT IS ALSO MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE ATLC AND IS CURRENTLY FROM 31N72W TO S FLORIDA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 30N65W TO E CUBA TONIGHT THEN E OF THE AREA SAT. NLY 20-25 KT WINDS W OF THE FRONT TODAY THEN DECREASE TONIGHT. LARGE NLY SWELL WILL LINGER THROUGH SAT NIGHT THE SUBSIDE SUN. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATER THIS MORNING THEN MOVE RAPIDLY AND EXTEND FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO HONDURAS LATER TODAY THEN DISSIPATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE ATLC OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL INCREASE THE TRADES TO 20-25 KT SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS