000 AGXX40 KNHC 111621 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1230 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... SE TO S WINDS AT 20-25 KT EXCEPT 10-15 KT NE AND SW WATERS. MAX SEAS 9 FT IN LONG FETCH NW WATERS. LOOKS LIKE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH DEVELOPING W WATERS AND A SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF COLD AIR OVER TX ATTM. NLY WINDS INCREASE 20-30 KT BEHIND FRONT AND FURTHER INCREASE TO MINIMAL GALE AT 25-35 KT S OF 24N W OF 93W SUN INTO EARLY SUN NIGHT. WILL BUILD SEAS ONLY TO 15 FT MAX IN GALE AREA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE ENTIRE GULF BY SUNSET SUN. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN SUBSIDING SUN NIGHT OVER NW WATERS AND SPREAD S OVER ALL WATERS W OF 93W MON...BUT STILL REMAIN BRISK E OF 93W TILL TUE NIGHT. RETURN FLOW SETS UP WED. SW N ATLC... STILL SOME FRONTAL REMNANTS OVER THE WATERS E OF 72W. WINDS LIGHT OVER NW WATERS AND EASTERLY 10-15 KT ELSEWHERE ATTM WITH NE SWELLS SUPPORTING 6-8 FT SEAS AND 9-14 SEC PERIOD. THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH SAT AS THE SWELL TRAIN CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE SW ACROSS OFFSHORE WATERS. S TO SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE N WATERS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE GA LATE SAT AND REACHING POSITION FROM 31N75W TO S FL LATE SUN AFTERNOON. NW WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT W OF THE FRONT BUT NOW SEEMS LIKE A SECONDARY SURGE MAY INCREASE WINDS TO 20-30 KT OVER NORTHERN WATERS W OF FRONT TUE. SW WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT OVER WATERS N OF 28N E OF FRONT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC... OVERALL EASTERLY TRADES ARE FAIRLY RELAXED EXCEPT CONTINUE AT 20-25 KT ALONG COAST COLOMBIA AND 15-20 KT OVER GULF OF HONDURAS WITH LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH SAT. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN AND INCREASE E TRADES TO 20 KT OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS SUN AND PERSIST THROUGH TUE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE INTO YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN AFTERNOON WITH N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT...POSSIBLY A BRIEF 25 KT...BEHIND THE FRONT AND BUILD SEAS TO 9 FT W OF 84W. EXPECT N WINDS 15-20 KT ALONG NE COAST NICARAGUA LATE IN PERIOD. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUN. FORECASTER NELSON