000 AGXX40 KNHC 170545 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST SAT NOV 17 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S. WITH E-SE WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND NE-E WINDS IN THE EASTERN GULF. BUOYS INDICATING WINDS 10-15 KT AND SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CONDITIONS DO NOT CHANGE MUCH THROUGH TUE...THEN A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST LATE WED. ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 25N65W TO E CUBA WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA LATER TODAY WITH HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDING ALONG 30N. WINDS HAVE DECREASED...HOWEVER LARGE NLY SWELL PERSISTS ACROSS THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT THEN SUBSIDE SUN. LOW PRES DEVELOPS NE OF THE AREA TUE...THIS COMBINED WITH THE HIGH OVER THE SE U.S. WILL INCREASE NLY WINDS N OF 25N E OF 75W TUE AND WED. COLD FRONT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM E CUBA TO BELIZE WILL DISSIPATE BY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE ATLC RIDGE WILL BRING BRISK TRADES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS