000 AGXX40 KNHC 221713 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1215 PM EST THU NOV 22 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... PRESENT COLD FRONT NW WATERS NOT AS CONVECTIVE AS PROGGED THUS TONED DOWN WORDING IN OFFSHORE FORECAST. LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO EARLIER PACKAGE OTHER THAN TO DROP MENTION OF GUSTS TO GALE FORCE AS THESE GUSTS NOT EXPECTED TO BE FREQUENT. LOOKS LIKE PORTION OF FRONT THAT WILL TRAIL S FROM FRONTAL WAVE LOW MAY REMAIN STATIONARY OVER WATER ALONG 95-96W...AND ONLY MOVE E WHEN A COLD SURGE SWINGS SE AROUND LOW PRES SUN AND SUN NIGHT. GUIDANCE THEN REPEATS WITH NEXT FRONT STALLING ACROSS CENTRAL WATERS AND LOW PRES DEVELOPING SW GULF TUE AND THEN TRACKING N DRAGGING FRONTAL REMNANTS N AS WEAK WARM FRONT. ATLC WATERS... 1024 MB SURFACE HIGH HAS SHIFTED E AS FORECAST TO NEAR 29N72W AND IS STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E ALLOWING COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO NW WATERS TONIGHT. THE UPPER SUPPORT WILL LIFT NE AND FRONT WILL STALL ALONG ROUGHLY 27N SAT THEN MOVE N AS WARM FRONT IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT ON GA COAST TUE. IN THE MEANTIME N SWELLS 10-15 FT OVER WATERS BETWEEN 68W-55W STILL EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE INTO NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES LATE TODAY AND TO THE COAST OF S AMERICA SAT. NE TO E TRADES IN SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WEAKEN TONIGHT. CARIBBEAN... NE TO E TRADES WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER CENTRAL AND W WATERS AND EXPAND E OVER THE E CARIBBEAN MON. MODEL RUNS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 25 AND 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. N SWELLS 7-10 FT WILL ARRIVE IN NE ATLC PASSAGES THIS AFTERNOON. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON