000 AGXX40 KNHC 161754 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1254 PM EST TUE DEC 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 THE GULF OF MEXICO... A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N89W TO 26N95W TO 22N98W THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NW OF THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT BY LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF WED THROUGH FRI. DEVELOPING LOW PRES IN THE PLAINS SAT RESULTS IN INCREASING SE TO S FLOW OVER THE GULF W OF 95W. THE SW NORTH ATLANTIC... STRONG HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA NEAR 40N55W GRADUALLY WEAKENS THROUGH THU. NON-TROPICAL LOW PRES NEAR 28N56W 1012 MB WILL MOVE WSW DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO 27N59W THIS EVENING... TO 25N62W LATE WED AND OPENING UP INTO A TROUGH LATE THU SE PART NEAR THE GREATER ANTILLES. STRONG N TO NE WINDS...REACHING GALE FORCE BETWEEN THE LOW AND HIGH PRES KEEPS LARGE N TO NE SWELL OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH THU BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING FRI AND SAT. THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC... PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRES WELL NE OF AREA AND LOWER PRES IN SW CARIBBEAN SHOULD KEEP ENHANCED TRADES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. TRADES GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN TROPICAL N ATLC AND E CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND WED. LOW PRES WELL NE OF THE AREA TO TRACK W TO WSW TOWARD THE NE CARIBBEAN WED AND WEAKEN BEFORE PASSING OVER GREATER ANTILLES THU AND FRI. LARGE N TO NE SWELL ACROSS N HALF OF TROPICAL N ATLC AND CARIBBEAN ATLC PASSAGES TODAY THROUGH THU. SWELLS SUBSIDE FROM E TO W FRI AND SAT. ATLANTIC... AMZ080...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WED FROM 24N TO 30N E OF 68W. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER MT. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.