000 AGXX40 KNHC 070648 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 247 AM EDT TUE OCT 07 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... MINI T.S. MARCO LOCATED NEAR 19.9N 95.7W OR ABOUT 115 NM ESE OF TUXPAN MEXICO IS THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST FOR NOW IN THE GULF. SYS FCST TO MOVE INLAND WITHIN 18 HOURS AND QUICKLY DISSIPATE...SEE T.S WARNINGS BELOW. NEXT FEATURE OF NOTE IS A COLD FRONT SLATED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST AFTER 00 UTC WED AND EXTEND FROM THE WRN FL PANHANDLE THROUGH 25N90W 21N97W BY WED EVENING AND WEAKENING FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY THROUGH 24N90W 19N96W BY LATE THU AND DISSIPATES FRI. FRONT USHERS IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF NLY 15-20 KT WINDS EARLY WED WITH LIGHT NLY WINDS THEREAFTER. LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE RETURN FLOW SETS IN FRI AND SAT AS HIGH PRESS BUILDS TO N OVER THE ERN CONUS/NW ATLC. SW N ATLC... REMNANT FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 31N68W TO 27N80W AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY ONLY A FEW SHOWERS/TSTMS NEAR THE E COAST OF FLORIDA. FRONT FCST TO ESSENTIALLY REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL A SWIFT MOVING COLD FRONT SWEEPS SE INTO AREA LATER TODAY AND OVERTAKES THE REMNANT FRONTAL TROUGH. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 28N65W TO 30N81W BY THIS EVENING AND FROM 25N65W TO 31N81W BY WED EVENING. NE WINDS PICK UP TO 20-25 KT E OF 70W AND 15-20 KT W OF 70W N OF THE FRONT TODAY. WINDS N OF THE FRONT VEER TO THE SE AT 15 KT W OF 70W WED AND SE TO S 10-15 KT THU...AND REMAIN OUT OF THE NE TO E AT 20 KT E OF 70W BOTH DAYS. BY FRI THE WEAK REMNANTS OF A GULF OF MEXICO FRONT SLIDE INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA WITH ONLY A LIGHT WIND SHIFT IN ITS WAKE. MEANWHILE MODERATE ELY FLOW E OF 70W ON FRI SPREADS WWD TO ALONG 75W BY SAT AS HIGH PRESS REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE E CONUS NW ATLC. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TROPICAL WAVE S OF 20N ALONG 73W MOVING W 10 KT PAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER WAVE LOCATED S OF 19N ALONG 63W ALSO MOVING W AT 10 KT. TROPICAL WAVE POSITIONS MENTIONED IN TEXT AND DENOTED ON GRAPHICS BUT ONLY EXPECT A 10-15 KT WIND SHIFT WITH PASSAGES OF WAVES. OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC...SWELL TRAIN FROM FROM BUILDING ATLC RIDGE ARRIVES OVER THE FAR N PORTIONS FRI AND SAT AND MAKES IT AS FAR S AS 16N. SEAS OF 7-8 FT ARE EXPECTED. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GMZ082...TS WARNING S OF 21N W OF 95W TODAY. FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.