000 AGXX40 KNHC 070726 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 220 AM EST SAT DEC 06 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... A LONG WAVE TROUGH IS DIGGING THROUGH THE EASTERN U.S. AND PROVIDING NEW FORCE TO A PREVIOUSLY STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW MAKING FAST PROGRESS FROM NAPLES FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. BUOYS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE GULF N OF THE FRONT SHOW WINDS PICKING UP TO 20 KT...BUT REMAINING LIGHT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WHERE THE FRONT IS DISSIPATING. HIGH PRES BUILDS EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TODAY...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING OVER THE EASTERN GULF. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW START TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY LATE TODAY HOWEVER...AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH TUE. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW MAY REACH 30 KT OVER THE NW GULF BY TUE...AHEAD OF AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST BY TUE EVENING. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL ALLOW STRONG GALES OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF WATERS LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED...AS THE FRONT PUSHES EAST THROUGH THE GULF BY EARLY THU. WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING THU AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC... FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS REMAIN OVER CARIBBEAN WATERS CURRENTLY...WITH ONLY THE STANDARD ARE OFF THE COLOMBIAN COAST SEEING 20 KT WINDS...DUE TO WEAKENING HIGH PRES NORTH OF THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE BASIN LATER TODAY AS HIGH PRES BUILDS NORTH OF THE AREA...REACHING UP TO 30 KT OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN BY TUE...WITH 25 KT WINDS NE OF THE LEEWARDS. WINDS DIMINISH WED OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AS THE HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ATLC. A STRONG COLD FRONT PLUNGES THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BY WED NIGHT...BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW AS FAR SOUTH AS NICARAGUA BY THU NIGHT. SW N ATLANTIC... A COLD FRONT IS MOVING SE INTO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS CURRENTLY...AND WILL REACH FROM ALMOST BERMUDA TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS BY LATE TODAY. AN EARLIER QUIKSCAT PASS SHOWED WINDS REACHING 30 KT BEHIND THE FRONT NEAR 30N EAST OF JACKSONVILLE. WINDS ARE AT LEAST 25 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS WELL N OF 25N. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TONIGHT AS THE FRONT WEAKENS...BUT THEN SHIFT EAST AND INCREASE STARTING MON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BEHIND THE FRONT. NORTHERLY SWELL TO 10 FT PUSHES INTO THE AREA BETWEEN THE BAHAMAS AND BERMUDA LATE MON INTO TUE. STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVAIL MON THROUGH WED ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA ON THE SW PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH PRES AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST BY WED NIGHT...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS REACHING TO NEAR GALE FORCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.