000 AGXX40 KNHC 090639 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 238 AM EDT THU OCT 09 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM JUST E OF APALACHICOLA FL TO NW BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 23N95W WILL MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE BY THIS EVENING...WITH BOUNDARY WASHING OUT E OF 90W TONIGHT AND FRI. THE FRONT SEGMENT W OF 90W ORIENTATES ITSELF N TO S ALONG 93W IN BAY OF CAMPECHE THU...THEN MEANDERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A NE-SE WIND SHIFT ALONG ITS AXIS...AND ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY ISOL TS. HIGH PRES N OF AREA WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE NE-E WINDS THRU SAT THEN GRADIENT TIGHTENS SUPPORTING FRESH...15-20 KT...ELY WINDS ACROSS ENTIRE AREA SUN AND 20-25 KT MON. NWW3 BUILDS SEAS 8-11 FT OVER MOST OF THE GULF E OF 90W. SW N ATLC... STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 24N65W TO 28N80W. LATEST QUIKSCAT PASS INDICATED NE TO E WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF TO 15-20 KT E OF 70W AND HAVE VEERED TO THE SE AND S W OF 75W. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE WEAK GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT ENTERING THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND STALLING OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI. REMNANT FRONTAL TROUGH DRIFT BACK W TO FL COAST SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES N AREA OF AREA TIGHTENS THE GRADIENT OVER THE ATLC WITH NE TO E WINDS OF 15-20 KT SPREADING WWD TO ALONG 75W BY LATE SAT. ON SUN NE TO E WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER ALL AREAS N OF 23N WITH THE NWW3 BUILDING SEAS 8-10 FT. ON MON WINDS REMAIN IN PLACE N OF 23N WITH FULLY DEVELOPED SEAS REACHING 12 FT PER THE NWW3. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 87W SHOULD MOVE W OF THE AREA LATER TODAY AND BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION OF EAST PACIFIC T.D. SIXTEEN AND THEREFORE DROPPED FROM THE SURFACE ANALYSIS. NEXT WAVE LOCATED S OF 19N ALONG 77W ONLY HAS A 10-15 KT WIND SHIFT ALONG ITS AXIS. ANOTHER WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC TODAY AND THROUGH THE E CARIBBEAN FRI AND SAT REACHING TO ALONG 85W MON. WEAK SFC TROUGH OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC DISSIPATES LATER TODAY. COLD FRONT N OF AREA WILL MOVE INTO N PORTION OF TROPICAL ATLC ZONE BY THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH FRI. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.