000 AGXX40 KNHC 080525 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. BROAD HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS SE U.S. SUN WITH STRONG WINDS ACROSS MOST GULF THROUGH MON. THE HIGH MOVES EWD WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS E OF 87W ON TUE. ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N76W TO THE FLORIDA COAST AT 29N81W. SW WINDS 15-20 KT N OF 28N AHEAD OF FRONT WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILLL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT AND BECOME DIFFUSE SAT. SECOND FRONT SWEEPS INTO AREA SAT EXTENDING FROM 30N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN AND E OF AREA MON EVENING. BROAD RIDGE REBUILDS N OF AREA TUE WITH 15-20 KT ELY WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE. ATLC RIDGE KEEPING BRISK E TRADES ACROSS CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE SUN AS STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ATLC AND RIDGE MOVES EWD. AS THE ATLC RIDGE RE-BUILDS AND THE TRADES WILL INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS