000 AGXX40 KNHC 161833 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 PM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. 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... STRONG COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED THE ENTIRE AREA ADVECTING A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS INTO THE REGION. ALLOWED GALE WARNING TO EXPIRE OVER THE SW WATERS AS A PARTIAL QSCAT PASS AND BUOY 42055 SUGGEST THAT WINDS ARE LIKELY 25-30 KT IN THE TYPICALLY FAVORED FUNNELING REGION IN THE SW BAY OF CAMPECHE. N 20-25 KT WINDS COVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...EXCEPT 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR NW WATERS. SEAS REMAIN QUITE ELEVATED (10-15 FT) OVER THE SW GULF BUT ARE QUICKLY SUBSIDING. THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ERN CONUS IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN DRAGGING A REINFORCING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE E AND MIDDLE WATERS MON NIGHT AND TUE. A BRIEF INCREASE IN N WINDS OF 20-25 KT IS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY. WEAK HIGH PRES SETTLES IN BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE N MIDDLE AND W WATERS TUE THROUGH THU WITH YET ANOTHER FRONT CROSSING THE FAR NE WATERS THU NIGHT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NW CORNER FROM W CUBA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA. QSCAT PASS REVEALS N 25-30 KT WINDS OVER THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WITH SEAS QUICKLY BUILDING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW IN FORWARD MOTION...BUT CONTINUE TO MAKE SE PROGRESS THROUGH MON WHERE IT WILL LIE FROM E CUBA TO E HONDURAS. THE FRONT STALLS IN THAT AREA FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS UNTIL A REINFORCING FRONT PUSHES AND MERGES WITH THE LEADING BOUNDARY FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA WED...WHERE IT STALLS ONCE AGAIN AND SLOWLY WEAKENS THU AND FRI. N 20-30 KT WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF A SFC TROUGH ALONG 66W AND STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC IS PRODUCING E WINDS OF 20-25 KT OVER THE E CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. SEAS HAVE BUILT TO 10 FT IN THE TROP N ATLC AND TO 9 FT IN THE E CARIB IN E SWELL. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS HIGH PRES RETREATS NE AND THE SFC TROUGH MOVES W ALLOWING FOR THE PRES GRADIENT TO RELAX. SW N ATLC... A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS ZONE THIS WEEK. THE FIRST ONE IS CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE AREA EXTENDING FROM 31N72W TO W CUBA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST SCATTEROMETER AND SFC DATA SHOWS NW WINDS OF 20-30 KT W OF THE FRONT. SIMILAR MAGNITUDE S TO SW WINDS ARE OBSERVED N OF 28N WITHIN 360 NM E OF THE FRONT. SEAS THIS MORNING MAXED OUT TO 10 FT N AND E OF THE BAHAMAS W OF THE FRONT...AND TO 9 FT IN E TO SE SWELL E OF THE FRONT. THE 10 FT SEAS ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING AS OF EARLT THIS AFTERNON. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS SE TRACK THROUGH TOMORROW BUT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES 31N63W TO E CUBA MON AFTERNOON...WHERE IT BECOMES QUASI-STATIONARY. MEANWHILE...A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST MON NIGHT AND EXTEND FROM 31N71W TO SOUTH FLORIDA TUE. NW 20-25 KT WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT. THE REINFORCING FRONT MERGES WITH THE WEAK STALLED FEATURE WED FROM 31N60W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...AND THEN SHIFTS MAINLY E OF THE AREA AND LOSES IDENTITY THU. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRUSH THROUGH THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS THU AND FRI USHERING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF NW 20-25 KT WINDS OVER THESE WATERS...BUT QUICKLY TRANSLATING E OF THE AREA FRI AFTERNOON. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.