000 AGXX40 KNHC 160716 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO RACE THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO... WITH GALE FORCE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF...EXPECTED TO PERSIST A FEW MORE HOURS THIS MORNING. GALES WILL LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SW GULF S OF 21N. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO GALE FORCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT OFF NE COAST OF FLORIDA LATER TODAY. REMNANT LOW OF OLGA HAS MERGED WITH THE COLD FRONT ADVANCING TOWARD THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE GULF BY EARLY MON...WITH WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISHING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N OF THE AREA. SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES WED INTO THU OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF THE NEXT...NOT EXPECTED UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND. FRESH TO STRONG ELY FLOW PERSISTS IN A LARGE SWATH N OF THE ANTILLES THROUGH TO SOUTHERN BAHAMAS. SURFACE RIDGE ALONG 30N IS RETREATING EASTWARD AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. NW WINDS BEHIND FRONT WILL DIMINISH MON/TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...LEAVING MODERATE TO FRESH NELY FLOW S OF THE SURFACE RIDGE TUE/WED IN THE WATERS E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. TRADE WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY AS THE HIGH PRES NE OF THE AREA WEAKENS AND SHIFTS E. FRONT PUSHES INTO NW CARIBBEAN WATERS TONIGHT/MON BRINGING STRONG NLY WINDS FROM WESTERN CUBA TO BELIZE. WINDS DIMINISH MON/TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE N. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH MID WEEK. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC...GALE WARNING AMZ080 N OF 28N W OF 72W. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO...GALE WARNING GMZ082 W OF FRONT. FORECASTER MUNDELL