000 AGXX40 KNHC 230827 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST SUN NOV 23 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 THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS FORECAST TO RACE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS...ENDING UP ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF TO SOUTH TEXAS/NORTHERN MEXICO BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 KT AND SEAS FROM 4 FT TO 6 FT NORTH OF 27N. THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY REACHES TEXAS AND SETS UP SOUTHERLY 20 KT WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 4 FT TO 6 FT IN THE NW GULF OF MEXICO AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER EARLY FRIDAY. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8 FT TO 12 FT ARE WITHIN 600 NM TO 700 NM NORTHWEST OF THE CURRENT ATLANTIC OCEAN COLD FRONT... THROUGH 31N56W 24N65W TO SOUTHEASTERN CUBA. EXPECT SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8 FT TO 12 FT TO BE WITHIN 600 NM TO 800 NM WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE SEA HEIGHTS RANGE FROM 8 FT TO 14 FT WITH SWELLS ONCE THE BOUNDARY BECOMES OCCLUDED NEAR 32N47W...NORTH OF 15N BETWEEN 35W AND 66W. WIND SPEEDS TO 20 KT ARE NORTH OF 27N BETWEEN 35W AND 60W. THE FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON REACHES THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND FRONT BRINGS SEA HEIGHTS THAT RANGE FROM 8 FT TO 10 FT AND 20 KT WINDS NORTH OF 24N BETWEEN 60W AND 70W BY EARLY THURSDAY. THE WIND AND SEAS OF THE SECOND FRONT WILL BE BLENDING A BIT WITH THE WINDS/SEAS OF THE FIRST FRONT. THE CARIBBEAN SEA... EXPECT THE 20 KT WINDS AND THE SEA HEIGHTS THAT WILL RANGE FROM 8 FT TO 12 FT WEST OF 69W AT THE START OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TO BE DISSIPATED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 67W/68W SOUTH OF 18N WILL MOVE WESTWARD 10 KT AND REACH JAMAICA BY LATE TUESDAY. THE 1009 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA WILL BE INDISTINCT AROUND THE TIME OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE WEAK TROPICAL WAVE. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MT. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.