000 AGXX40 KNHC 121713 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1210 PM EST WED DEC 12 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... BUOYS AND CMAN REPORTS SHOW FRESH TO STRONG ELY FLOW THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS MORNING...BETWEEN TROPICAL STORM OLGA NEAR JAMAICA AND HIGH PRES NEAR BERMUDA. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THU AND FRI AS OLGA WEAKENS TO THE SOUTH AND THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS FURTHER E. MEANWHILE...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS THROUGH TEXAS...AND WILL EMERGE OVER NW GULF WATERS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE WEAK UPPER SHORT WAVE SUPPORTING THE FRONT LIFTS OUT THROUGH THU. THE FRONT WILL CONSEQUENTLY STALL OVER THE NRN GULF BY LATE TOMORROW. A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS FRI INTO SAT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH FRI. THE TROUGH WILL PUSH A STRONGER COLD FRONT INTO THE NW GULF LATE FRI INTO SAT. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST. FRESH TO STRONG NLY FLOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE GULF INTO SUN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N...AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM W TO E SUN INTO MON. ATLANTIC WATERS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WATERS BETWEEN EASTERN CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS...BETWEEN T.S. OLGA TO THE S AND HIGH PRES NEAR BERMUDA. WINDS SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE TODAY AS OLGA WEAKENS...BUT FRESH TO STRONG ELY FLOW ALONG WITH RESIDUAL SWELL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. MEANWHILE HIGH PRES NEAR BERMUDA SHIFTS S FRI INTO SAT. WHILE WINDS DIMINISH BETWEEN BERMUDA AND THE BAHAMAS...ELY FLOW INCREASES THIS WEEKEND W OF THE LESSER ANTILLES S OF THE HIGH PRES. A COLD FRONT EMERGES OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST AND INTO THE WATERS N OF THE BAHAMAS SAT INTO SUN...WITH INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS MAINLY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CARIBBEAN... TROPICAL STORM OLGA WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION THIS AFTERNOON AS IT SHIFTS W OVER THE WATERS S OF CUBA AND W OF JAMAICA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN AS A RESULT. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AS HIGH PRES TO THE N SHIFTS S. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH STARTING SUN AS THE HIGH TO THE N WEAKENS AND SHIFTS FURTHER E AHEAD A COLD FRONT EMERGING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE DISSIPATING WESTERN END OF THE SAME FRONT WILL PENETRATE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN LATE SUN INTO MON...FOLLOWED BY FRESH NLY FLOW ALONG THE BELIZE COAST TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC...TROPICAL STORM WARNING AMZ080. CARIBBEAN...TROPICAL STORM WARNING AMZ082 AMZ086...WINDWARD PASSAGE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN