000 AGXX40 KNHC 070607 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST FRI NOV 07 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. THE RADIOFAX SCHEDULE FOR GRAPHICAL WIND WAVE...SURFACE FORECAST AND PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS HAS CHANGED. FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN THIS INCLUDES 24...36...48 AND 72 HOUR WIND WAVE..24...48..72 HOUR SURFACE FORECAST AND 48 AND 72 HOUR PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE FAX SCHEDULE ON THE NHC WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/RADIOFAX.SHTML WEAK COLD FRONT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE E AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 23N97W SAT AND E OF THE AREA MON. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT THEN HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SUN. NE WIND MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE SE GULF LATER THIS WEEKEND AS HURRICANE PALOMA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL CUBA. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE WESTER GULF AS THE HIGH MOVE EWD. WEAK ATLC COLD FRONT OVER THE FAR E PORTION OF THE AREA WILL MOVE E OF 65W LATER THIS MORNING. HURRICANE PALOMA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL CUBA AND BE SW OF THE BAHAMAS BY SUN EVENING. THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM NE OF THE BAHAMAS MON EVENING THEN BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL NEAR 24.5N 74.5W TUE EVENING. HURRICANE PALOMA IN THE NW CARIBBEAN NEAR 17.5N 81.5W OR ABOUT 125 MILES SSW OF GRAND CAYMAN. THE LATE FORECAST TRACK TAKES PALOMA TO JUST S OF CUBA SAT EVENING AND NE OF THE AREA SUN EVENING. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN LIFTED FOR THE SW CARIBBEAN ZONE BUT WILL CONTINUE IN THE NW CARIBBEAN. OTHERWISE WINDS ARE MOSTLY LIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... HURRICANE WARNING FROM 17N TO 21N BETWEEN 80W AND 83W...AMZ082. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.