000 AGXX40 KNHC 090734 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EST TUE DEC 07 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... LATEST REPORTS SHOW 20 TO 25 KT SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO AHEAD OF 1002 MB LOW PRES PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN TEXAS HEADING FOR THE NORTHERN GULF. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT...THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH THU AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GULF TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED AFTERNOON...REACHING GALE FORCE OVER THE NW GULF...AND STORM STRENGTH OVER THE SW GULF. NW WINDS DIMINISH OVER ALL BUT THE NE GULF BY FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS VEER E TO SE BY SAT AS THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS EAST. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OFF THE TEXAS COAST INCREASES BY LATE SAT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW PRES DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL NORTH ATLC... FRESH TO STRONG TRADES PERSIST FROM NE OF THE LEEWARDS THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE YUCATAN COAST SOUTH OF HIGH PRES TO THE NORTH. WINDS DIMINISH OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED...AS THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BY EARLY THU MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SAGS SE REACHING A POSITION FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE NICARAGUAN COAST BY LATE FRI. STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS DIMINISH ELSEWHERE IN THE MEANTIME AS THE FRONT DRIFTS OFF THE FLORIDA COAST DISPLACING THE HIGH PRES INTO THE CENTRAL ATLC. SW N ATLC... A LARGE AREA OF E TO SE WINDS REACHING 20 TO 30 KT ACROSS THE AREA PERSIST INTO WED ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRES OVER THE WESTERN ATLC...BEFORE VEERING S TO SW LATE WED INTO THU AS THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS TO THE NE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST BY LATE THU...BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES NE OF THE AREA...AND A DEEP LOW PRES CENTER LIFTING FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE N FLORIDA COAST LATE THU/EARLY FRI MORNING. THE FRONT STALLS IN A POSITION FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS BY LATE SAT. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS VEER FROM NW TO NE BEHIND THE FRONT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN ATLC. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING GMZ080 TONIGHT. FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.