000 AGXX40 KNHC 261902 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST MON NOV 26 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 ACROSS CENTRAL GULF FROM 30N87W TO 19N95W. QUIKSCAT PASS THIS MORNING SHOWED 25 KT WINDS BEHIND FRONT N OF 25N...AND ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF 25 TO 30 KT WINDS AT SRN END OF FRONT S OF 21N. FRESH SE WINDS EXPECTED IN ERN GULF AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THROUGH TUE. FRONT STALLS OUT AND BECOMES STATIONARY TUES NIGHT THEN DISSIPATES WED. A STRONG HIGH SLIDING E FROM THE SRN GREAT PLAINS PUSHES A SURGE OF COLD AIR INTO THE NRN GULF EARLY THU WITH A SHALLOW FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF TO AROUND 25N FRI. ATLANTIC WATERS... STRONG HIGH PRES RIDGE N OF THE AREA IS ENHANCING TRADE WINDS N OF 20N WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN WIND WAVES E OF THE BAHAMAS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS NE BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THU NIGHT THEN STALL AND START TO DISSIPATE ALONG 28N FRI. AS A RESULT STRONGEST WINDS BEHIND THE NEXT FRONT SHOULD REMAIN N OF 30N. CARIBBEAN... STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE TRADE WINDS CONTINUE N OF COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WED THEN DIMINISH THU AND FRI AS HIGH PRES WEAKENS AND SHIFTS NE. TRPCL WAVE ALONG 66W EFFECT LIMITED GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF GRADIENT WIND ALREADY IN PLACE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MUNDELL