000 AGXX40 KNHC 070642 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EST MON NOV 07 2011 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRES ACROSS THE AREA WILL SHIFT EWD TODAY AS THE A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE NIGHT. WINDS BECOME E TO SE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE WED AND FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE THU. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE SW GULF THU. OTHERWISE NLY WINDS 20-25 KT ELSEWHERE W OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES E OF THE AREA AND WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW GALE FORCE FRI. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... LOW PRES NEAR 28N68W 1007 MB WITH TROUGH SW TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS. A COLD FRONT SE OF THE LOW AND TROUGH FROM 24N65W TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE LOW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DRIFT W TUE AND WED WITH TROUGH TO EASTERN CUBA. STRONG PRES GRADIENT N OF THE LOW IS RESULTING IN GALE CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN WATERS WILL WEAKEN AND WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN GALE FORCE BY LATER TODAY. THE LOW MOVES N OF THE AREA AND THE PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS THU. HOWEVER A TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM 31N70W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE THU AND FROM 31N67 TO HISPANIOLA FRI. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HIGH PRES FROM THE EASTERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD S ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN THEN WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THU AS LOW PRES DRIFTS W OVER THE WESTERN ATLC. TROUGH ALONG 71W WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THEN WEAKEN TUE AND WED. OTHERWISE RATHER CALM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. .SW N ATLC... .GALE WARNING THROUGH MON N OF 28N E OF 73W...AMZ080. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS