000 AGXX40 KNHC 271652 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2004 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SW N ATLC... UPPER LEVELS... TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ELSEWHERE RIDGE OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WHICH WILL BUILD EAST BEHIND THE TROUGH THROUGH MONDAY. TROUGH WILL MOVER OVER TEXAS MONDAY. AT THE SURFACE... THE SURFACE WILL RESEMBLE THE UPPER LEVELS WITH COMPLEX LOW NORTHEAST OF THE AREA MOVING NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA AND RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. NORTHERLY WIND OF NEAR 15 KNOTS OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA WILL VEER TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST AND FALL TO LESS THAN 15 KT FRIDAY AS THE LOW CONTINUES AWAY FROM THE AREA AND A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ATLANTIC NORTH OF THE AREA. THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH TIGHTENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH EASTERLY WIND INCREASING TO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 15N AND 25N SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SURFACE LOW OVER TEXAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL INCREASE THE WIND OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE MODELS INDICATE BOUNDARY LAYER WIND OF NEAR 30 KNOTS SO I WILL INTRODUCE SOUTHERLY WIND OF 20 TO 25 KT AND GUSTY MONDAY OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF. WARNINGS... ATLC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. $$ FORECASTER LL