000 AGXX40 KNHC 281712 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... VERY WEAK SURFACE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. CURRENTLY A TROUGH IS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF...AND THIS WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A TROUGH CURRENTLY IN THE ATLC WILL MOVE W INTO THE EASTERN GULF THU. THE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE W INTO THE MIDDLE GULF AND WEAKEN EVEN FURTHER ON SUN. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH MON...HOWEVER THE TROUGH MAY BRING AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION. AS STATED ABOVE TROUGH OVER THE NW ATLC WILL DRIFT W TONIGHT AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO THU. ATLC RIDGE WILL START TO BUILD W THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 15 KT THROUGH THE PERIOD. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND ANOTHER ON IN THE TROPICAL ATLC AND WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL CONTINUE 15 TO 20 KT TRADES IN THE SW AND E CARIBBEAN THROUGH MON AS THE ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS SOME AND BUILDS WWD...IN FACT WINDS MAY INCREASE EVEN FURTHER LATE IN THE PERIOD. WARNINGS... NONE. $$ FORECASTER DGS