000 AGXX40 KNHC 091743 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EST SUN NOV 09 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 GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT 24N80W TO 22N90W THEN QUASI STATIONARY TO 25N97W. EXPECT TROPICAL STORM PALOMA OVER CENTRAL CUBA TO PULL FRONT SE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS INTO THE CYCLONE EARLY TONIGHT...HOWEVER THE FRONTAL REMNANTS W OF ABOUT 90W WILL DRIFT N OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS THE SE RETURN FLOW INCREASES THROUGH TUE. WINDS WILL BACK OFF A TAD MID WEEK AS THEY BECOME SLY IN ADVANCE OF NEXT FRONT MOVING TO TX COASTAL PLAINS MIDDAY WED. MODELS SLIGHTLY DISAGREE ON STRENGTH AND SOUTHERLY EXTENT OF THIS NEXT FRONT...SO WILL GO WITH THE FRONT STALLING OVER THE NW GULF THU THEN A SECONDARY SURGE WILL PUSH FRONT E AGAIN ON FRI. ATLC...ACCORDING TO TC ADVISORY TS PALOMA OVER CENTRAL CUBA WILL FURTHER WEAKEN AND DRIFT OFFSHORE N CENTRAL CUBA COAST EARLY TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE TO WEAKEN WHILE MEANDERING IN THE VICINITY OF 23N77W THROUGH MID WEEK BEFORE FULLY DISSIPATING. A COLD FRONT FROM 31N75W WILL SWING E WITH THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT GOING INTO PALOMA WHILE THE NORTHERN SEGMENT MOVES E THROUGH BERMUDA BEFORE STALLING TUE NIGHT. MODELS NOT HANDLING THIS WHOLE SITUATION VERY WELL COMPARED TO LATEST TC ADVISORY. THUS...HAVE BACKED OFF ON STRENGTH OF GFS WINDS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS AND OF COURSE ALSO BACKED OFF ON THE CORRESPONDING NWW3 GUIDANCE. GFS DRIFTS REMNANTS OF THE FRONT W THROUGH THU WITH A ANOTHER COLD FRONT OFF GA COAST FRI NIGHT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC ZONE...LARGE AREA OF CYCLONIC WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL BECOME NE MON AND CONTINUE THROUGH REMAINDER OF PERIOD...EXCEPT BECOMING SE EXTREME W WATERS THU AND FRI. A TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL DRIFT WNW OVER THE WATERS N OF 16N GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THROUGH LATE WED. ATLANTIC... AMZ080...TS WARNING S OF 23N BETWEEN 75W AND 79W. CARIBBEAN... AMZ082...TS WARNING N OF 19N BETWEEN 76W AND 79W. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.