000 AGXX40 KNHC 010800 CCA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007 COR TO WARNINGS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OFF THE SE COAST CONUS AND EXTENDING SW ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WITH A SECONDARY COLD SURGE CURRENTLY OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO. GALE WARNING ALREADY POSTED GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH TUE NIGHT WITH WINDS MAXING AT 40 KT AND SEAS BUILDING TO MAX OF 20 FT IN BAY OF CAMPECHE AT MIDDAY WED. NW TO N WINDS TO AROUND 30 KT EXPECTED OVER E GULF OF MEXICO WITH SOME 35 KT WINDS ALSO EXPECTED NW CARIBBEAN BEHIND FRONT WED NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT E ACROSS CONUS ALONG 37N AND OFFSHORE VIRGINIA FRI. THIS WILL BEGIN SLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO...IN THE 15 KT RANGE...AND EASTERLY FLOW ALONG 30N IN ATLC IN 10 KT RANGE. OTHERWISE EXPECT BRISK NE WINDS THROUGH PERIOD WITH SEAS TO 15 FT SW CARIBBEAN AND ABOUT 14 FT IN ATLC E OF THE BAHAMAS. ATLC NE SWELLS ARRIVING IN N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN PASSAGES LATE THU AND ARRIVING IN NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES LATE THU NIGHT WITH SEAS TO 12 FT SPREADING INTO TROPICAL WATERS FRI WITH SEAS TO 8 FT REACHING COAST OF S AMERICA LATE SAT NIGHT. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... GALE WARNING...AMZ082. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING...S OF 28N W OF 90W...GMZ080 AND GMZ082. FORECASTER NELSON