000 AGXX40 KNHC 241845 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... STATIONARY FRONT FROM KEY WEST TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA BECOMES A WARM FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF ASSOCIATED WITH A 1011 MB LOW NEAR 27N97W. QUIKSCAT PASS THIS MORNING SHOWED EXTENSIVE AREA OF 15-20 KT E WINDS N OF THE FRONT. THE SURFACE LOW WILL SLOWLY LIFT OUT NE INTO LOUISIANA BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...BRINGING FRESH NLY FLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER THE NW GULF SUN NIGHT AND MON. SLY FLOW OVER THE NE GULF INCREASES AS WELL THROUGH EARLY MON. STRONG NLY WINDS APPROACHING GALE FORCE ARE LIKELY OFF THE MEXICAN GULF COAST W OF 97W SUN NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WINDS N OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH AS THE FRONT STALLS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE. MODERATE TO FRESH ELY FLOW WILL PERSIST INTO WED OVER THE SE GULF ON THE PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRES TO THE N. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ENTERS THE NRN GULF WATERS ON THU. ATLANTIC WATERS... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM MIAMI ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS TOWARDS BERMUDA. THE FRONT WILL STALL THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA. 1023 MB HIGH NEAR 26N64W WILL ALSO DISSIPATE TONIGHT AS THE RIDGE BUILDS IN. ELY TRADES WILL INCREASE SUN S OF 25N AS A RESULT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST TUE...INCREASING SLY WINDS E OF FLORIDA. THE STRONG HIGH WILL SHIFT E AHEAD OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH...ALLOWING MID-OCEANIC TRADES TO SUBSIDE THROUGH WED. LARGE SWELLS WILL SLOWLY DECAY THROUGH SUN E OF 70W...INCLUDING E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. HOWEVER SWELL WILL DECAY JUST AS THE TRADES AND ASSOCIATED WIND WAVES START TO INCREASE...THUS COMBINED SEAS SHOULD REMAIN 8 FT OR GREATER OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THU. CARIBBEAN... QUIKSCAT PASS TODAY SHOWED TWO AREAS OF 25-30 KT WINDS NEAR 12N75W AND 15N71W. FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN TONIGHT...AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH MON IN RESPONSE TO STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING OFF THE U.S. EAST COAST. ASSOCIATED SEAS INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 FT N OF COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA BY MON. LARGE NLY ATLC SWELL WITH 12 SECOND PERIODS WILL CONTINUE TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE MONA AND ANEGADA PASSAGES INTO THE NE CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND SUN. WINDS AND SEAS WILL START TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TUE AS THE HIGH PRES WEAKENS N OF THE AREA. BUT FRESH TRADES WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MUNDELL