000 AGXX40 KNHC 010817 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 317 AM EST MON DEC 01 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 FIRST COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA NEAR 25N80W TO WESTERN CUBA INTO THE NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE FIRST COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND BE OUT OF THE AREA COMPLETELY IN 6 TO 12 HOURS. THE SECOND COLD FRONT CURRENTLY IS ALONG THE LINE FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 25N90W TO 25N96W... BECOMING STATIONARY INTO NORTHEASTERN MEXICO AND CONTINUING BEYOND 26N100W IN MEXICO. NORTHWESTERLY MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE BEHIND THE SECOND FRONT OVER WATERS NORTH OF 26N. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS FROM THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A RIDGE BUILDS TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM FLORIDA TO THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL HAVE SET UP NW OF THE RIDGE AT 15 TO 20 KT BY THEN...IN ADVANCE OF NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE TX WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING. THIS NEXT FRONT WILL REACH FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FRIDAY MORNING AND MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL ATLC ZONE... SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 KT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN AS COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AT 01/0600 UTC. NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH YUCATAN CHANNEL REACHING GULF OF HONDURAS AT 20 TO 25 KT BY SUNSET ON MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO SOUTHERN NICARAGUA BEFORE NORTHERLY WINDS BEGIN TO BRIDGE THE REMNANTS ON WED WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 20 KT EARLY THURSDAY. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 KT COVER MOST OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM THE START OF THE FORECAST PERIOD UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT ONLY WIND SPEEDS FROM 10 TO 15 KT AFTER TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA WILL EXPERIENCE EASTERLY WINDS AT 20 KTS SOUTH OF 17N UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MOSTLY SOUTH OF 17N WEST OF 67W AFTER EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE SW N ATLC... SOUTHERLY WINDS RANGE FROM 30 TO 35 KT NORTH OF 29N WITHIN 120 NM TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT. QUIK SCAT WINDS ALSO SHOW GENERAL SOUTHERLY FLOW RANGING FROM 20 TO 25 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS NORTH OF 24N WEST OF 72W. ALL THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL BE ALONG THE LINE THROUGH 31N68W 26N74W TO CUBA NEAR 21N77W TUESDAY MORNING...THROUGH 30N65W 24N70W TO CUBA NEAR 20N75W BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...EXITING THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SECOND COLD FRONT ENTERS THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING PASSING THROUGH 31N78W TO 28N80W IN FLORIDA. THE SECOND FRONT BRINGS 20 KT OF WIND BEHIND IT LATE WEDNESDAY PASSING THROUGH 31N73W TO 27N75W AND 23N79W AT THE CUBA COAST. THE WIND SPEEDS BECOME LESS THAN 20 KT AS THE SECOND COLD FRONT BECOMES LESS DISTINCT GRADUALLY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE FRONTS WILL HAVE MERGED BY LATE WEDNESDAY. A THIRD COLD FRONT REACHES GEORGIA FRIDAY MORNING... THROUGH 31N75W TO 28N81W FLORIDA. NORTHERLY WINDS 20 KTS WILL BE BEHIND THIS FRONT AS IT REACHES LATE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY PASSING THROUGH 31N69W TO 26N80W. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN 20 KTS NORTH OF THE FRONT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 29N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ATLANTIC... GALE WARNING AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING GMZ084 AND GMZ086. FORECASTER MT. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.