000 AGXX40 KNHC 101732 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1230 PM EST MON NOV 10 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... HIGH PRES WELL N OF AREA OVER THE TN VALLEY WILL SHIFT E REACHING NC TUE NIGHT...THEN SHIFTS SSE TO SE GA SUNRISE THU. THE FRESH SE RETURN FLOW OVER NW WATERS THIS AM WILL SPREAD E OVER MOST WATERS W OF 90W BY TUE NIGHT...THEN THE GRADIENT RELAXES SLIGHTLY AS WINDS BECOME SLY IN ADVANCE OF WEAK CDFNT SLIPPING OFF TX COAST AROUND 15Z WED. THE FRONT SEEMS TO LOSE ITS PUSH FROM CENTRAL LA TO NE OLD MEXICO WED NIGHT...THEN MEANDERS OR DRIFTS SLOWLY W THU AS HIGH PRES OVER FL RIDGES W ALONG 25N. RIDGE WEAKENS THU NIGHT AS STRONGER COLD SURGE RACES SE INTO NW WATERS AROUND 15Z FRI. THIS FRONT WILL SCOOP UP WHATEVER REMAINS OF THE INITIAL FRONT...WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY REACHING FROM CENTRAL FL TO BAY OF CAMPECHE SUNRISE SAT...AND SE OF AREA SAT NIGHT. MODELS HINTING AT NE WINDS NEAR GALE W CENTRAL GULF WATERS SAT NIGHT...BUT THIS GUIDANCE LIKELY TO FLUCTUATE IN LATER MODEL RUNS. ATLC...A FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 31N73W SW INTO REMNANT LOW PRES OF PALOMA VICINITY 22.5N 78.5W THIS AM. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST...BUT EXPECT FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO SHIFT E ALONG 30N REACHING NEAR BERMUDA LATE TUE BUT THE BOUNDARY CONTINUES SW INTO BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES CENTRAL CUBA. ATLC RIDGE WILL BUILD W TUE NIGHT AND WED PUSHING THIS BROAD TROUGH W THROUGH THE BAHAMAS. GRADIENT INCREASES WITH NE TO SE WIND SHIFT AT 20 TO 25 KT ALONG TROUGH AXIS INTO THU. BY THEN A WEAK COLD FRONT SLIPS OFF GA COAST ALONG E PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRES THAT WILL LIE OVER CENTRAL FL...BUT FRONT STALLS IMMEDIATELY N OF BAHAMAS BETWEEN 76W AND 78W. ATLC RIDGE BUILDS W ALONG 27N BRIEFLY FRI WITH A SECOND SURGE COLD AIR ARRIVING GA COAST SUNRISE SAT REACHING FROM 31N73W TO 23N78W SUNRISE SUN. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... NLY WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN CONTINUE W OF THE REMNANTS OF PALOMA WHICH DRAGGED A DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LAST NIGHT...LOSING IDENTITY NW CARIBBEAN AT THE MOMENT. A LOW LEVEL TROUGH DISSECTS THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 12N58W TO 22N55W. THIS TROUGH WILL SHIFT W AND GRADUALLY FILL AS IT MOVES W OF TUE NIGHT...BUT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NE TO SE WIND SHIFT AT 15 TO 20 KT ALONG ITS AXIS N OF 18N. BY WED INTO THU...WINDS ACROSS AREA WILL BE LIGHT E TO SE TO THE N OF 15N AND NE TO E TO THE S OF 15N. ON FRI GRADIENT INCREASE E OF CARIBBEAN SPREADING INTO E CARIBBEAN SAT...AND STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE SAT NIGHT. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.