000 AGXX40 KNHC 070528 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. COLD FRONT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18N94W...WILL BECOME STATIONARY FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING THEN DISSIPATE FRI NIGHT. NE WINDS W OF THE FRONT 15-20 KT S OF 25N WILL DECREASE TO 10-15 KT LATER THIS MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE U.S. SUN WITH NE-E WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT SUN AND MON. ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N/28N MOVE E AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATER THIS MORNING. SW WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT AHEAD OF FRONT N OF 28N BUT QUICKLY MOVE N OF AREA THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI BECOME DIFFUSE LATE FRI. SECOND FRONT SWEEPS INTO AREA SAT NIGHT EXTENDING FROM 30N65W TO SE BAHAMAS SUN AND OUT OF AREA LATE MON. ATLC RIDGE KEEPING BRISK TRADES ACROSS CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE SUN AS STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC AND RIDGE MOVES EWD. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS