000 AGXX40 KNHC 050634 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EST WED DEC 05 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING E AND NE FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THRU THE FLA STRAITS INTO THE SW N ATLANTIC IS STILL EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING WED...AS WEAK HIGH PRES PERSISTS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL DROP S INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WED NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS E TOWARD THE EASTERN U.S.. THIS SECONDARY FRONT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN GULF...FLA STRAITS AND SW N ATLANTIC THU INTO FRI...AS THE HIGH PRES AREA DRIFTS OFF THE E COAST. SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEKEND AS THE HIGH PERSISTS OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD...AND THE NEXT LOW PRES SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES. RATHER LARGE SWELLS OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE SW ATLANTIC WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY THU. THE WEAK TRADE WIND PATTERN OVER THE MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO THU...BEFORE THE STRENGTHENING WESTERN ATLANTIC HIGH PRES AREA AS NOTED ABOVE PRODUCES INCREASING TRADES OVER MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN BY THU NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. WINDS NEAR 25 KT AND POSSIBLY HIGHER ARE LIKELY BY FRI THRU THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...ALONG WITH SEAS RISING TO 10 FT OR HIGHER. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MILLS