000 AGXX40 KNHC 281903 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EST WED NOV 28 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 ACROSS GULF BECOMING DIFFUSE AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA SHOWS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THU MORNING. MODELS AGREE THAT HIGH PRES BUILDS SWD INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS LATER THU REINFORCED BY STRONGER HIGH PRES FRI WHICH THEN SHIFTS EASTWARD SAT AND SUN IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST LATE SUN. IN ADVANCE OF THIS COLD FRONT WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT LATE SUN. GFS HAS BACKED OFF THE STRENGTH OF HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT...SO WILL KEEP WINDS BELOW 30 KT IN W GULF MON. SW N ATLC... STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO 27N80W. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT AND BECOME ORIENTED ALONG 31N TONIGHT THEN LIFT N OF THE AREA THU. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THU. WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL BECOME LIGHT N THU. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N70W TO 27N80W FRI AFTERNOON...THEN WEAKEN FROM 30N65W TO 27N73W SAT AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SWD OVER THE AREA. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT BECOME NE 15-20 KT LATE FRI AND SAT AND E 15-20 KT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUN...EXCEPT THE FAR W PART WHERE WINDS WILL BE SE-S 10-15 KT AS YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE SE UNITED STATES. A BROAD TROUGH ALONG 50W IS MOVING SLOWLY W. THE TROUGH WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRES ALREADY ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS TO MAINTAIN PRES GRADIENT E OF THE BAHAMAS. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD DECREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH SUN. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TRADE WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA HAVE DIMINISHED FURTHER AND SEAS ARE NOW THE 9-12 FT RANGE. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO ABATE THROUGH SUN AS HIGH PRES OVER THE ATLC BREAKS DOWN. ELY TRADES ELSEWHERE WILL BE 10-15 KT THROUGH SUN...EXCEPT 15-20 KT OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE THROUGH EARLY THU...AND IN THE NORTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SAT AND SUN DUE TO STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING SWD OVER THE SW N ATLC ZONE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MUNDELL