000 AGXX40 KNHC 191656 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVEL... LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER ATLANTIC AREA AND LONGWAVE RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL AMPLIFY SLIGHTLY AND DRIFT SLIGHTLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. TROUGH WILL MOVE TO OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AREA SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AND ACROSS FLORIDA FRIDAY AND BE OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA SATURDAY. RIDGE WILL CONTINUE EAST PASSING EAST OF 65W EARLY MONDAY. SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE RIDGE. SHORTWAVE WILL REACH FLORIDA SATURDAY AND CONTINUE EAST OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA SUNDAY THEN PASS EAT OF 65W LATE MONDAY. SURFACE... WEAK FRONT OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON WINDS BUT NORTHERLY SWELL WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. RIDGE WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH ABOVE MENTIONED SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY THEN MOVE EAST MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST LATE SATURDAY THEN WEAKEN FURTHER OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA MONDAY. TRADES WEAKER THAN NORMAL THROUGH WED THEN STRENGTHEN THU THROUGH SAT WITH STRONG WINDS BY LATE SAT...UP TO 30 KT...ALONG N COAST OF COLOMBIA. ESTOS VIENTOS CONTINUARA A LUNES. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER LL