000 AGXX40 KNHC 230504 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT THU APR 22 2004 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC...RIDGE ALONG 31N TONIGHT THROUGH SUN WILL WEAKEN MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST MON NIGHT REACHING FROM 31N73W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TUE AND 31N70W TO E CUBA WED. CARIBBEAN...WEAK RIDGE N OF AREA THROUGH MON WITH WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER AREA TUE. GULF OF MEXICO...RIDGE OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL WEAKEN SAT INTO SUN. LOW PRES OVER TEXAS AND THROUGH FRI THEN MOVE NORTHEAST SAT THOUGH MON. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE TEXAS COAST SUN AND OVER THE NORTHWEST PART MON REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO LATE MON AND MOVING E OF THE AREA BY WED. WARNINGS...NONE. FORECASTER FT