000 AGXX40 KNHC 100516 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM SW FLORIDA TO 23N90W WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER THIS MORNING. A SECOND COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE SE U.S. AND NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MON NIGHT. THE HIGH MOVES E AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TUE AND MOVE RAPIDLY EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE WED AND E OF THE AREA THU. ATLC STATIONARY FROM 31N73W TO S FLORIDA WILL BE RE-ENFORCED BY ANOTHER FRONT AND EXTEND FROM 31N68W TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS THIS AFTERNOON. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH NLY WINDS 15-20 KT W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WEAKENS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND BECOMES DIFFUSE MON. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS N OF THE AREA TUE THEN MOVES E WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT STRONG FRONT. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 30 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WED. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA THU EXTENDING FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU AFTERNOON. ATLC HIGH KEEPING BRISK TRADES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN TUE...THEN DECREASE SOME ON WED AND THU AS THE RIDGE MOVES EWD IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS