000 AGXX40 KNHC 070448 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EDT SUN AUG 07 2005 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. MID LEVEL ATLC RIDGE ANCHORED OVER SW ATLC NEAR 27N63W. LARGE MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER SE US WITH MINOR SHORTWAVE JUST N OF AREA ALONG 52W. AT THE SURFACE ATLC RIDGE CENTERED OVER E ATLC DAY 1 WITH WEAK RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING WSW TO NRN BAHAMAS. PERSISTENT WEAK LOW OVER NE GULF COAST DRIFTING INLAND DAY 1. CARIB WINDS REMAIN 20 TO 25 KT S OF 17N OTHERWISE GRADIENT WEAK AND WINDS LIGHT ELSEWHERE. T.D. NINE MOVING WNW 9 KT OVER CENTRAL ATLC. DAY 2 FINDS MID LEVEL RIDGE STRENGTHENING OVER SW ATLC WITH CENTER NEAR 30N65W. WEAKNESS DEVELOPING OVER E CENTRAL ATLC AT MID LEVELS DAY 2. TROUGHING PERSISTS OVER N GULF. SURFACE RIDGES ANCHORED OVER NE ATLC AND BETWEEN 60W AND 70W N OF 27N WITH RIDGE EXTENDING W ACROSS GULF ALONG 26N. T.D. NINE MOVES TO NEAR 20N50W DAY 2. CARIB WINDS REMAIN BRISK TO 25 KT S OF 17N. WINDS PICK UP OVER SE BAHAMAS DAY 2 TO 20 KT. OUTLOOK PERIOD... TWO MID LEVEL CENTERS DAY 3..ONE OFF W COAST OF AFRICA AND THE OTHER OVER THE SW ATLC NEAR 30N67W. WEAKNESS IN BETWEEN BECOMING LESS PRONOUNCED. MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER SE ALSO WEAKENING DAY 3. TWO SURFACE HIGH CENTERS OVER ATLC WITH ONE OVER NE ATLC AND THE OTHER OVER SW ATLC EXTENDING WSW ACROSS FL AND CENTRAL GULF DAY 3. STILL A WEAKNESS BETWEEN 50W AND 60W AND T.D. NINE FORECAST TO MOVE TO 23N59W DAY 3. MID LEVEL RIDGE SMOOTHING OUT ACROSS ATLC DAY 4 BUT TWO CENTERS STILL IDENTIFIED IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS. T.S. NINE STILL FORECAST TO STAY OVER MID ATLC WITH MOVEMENT TO NEAR 25N57W DAY 4. ATLC SURFACE RIDGE BECOMING A LITTLE MORE SEASONAL WITH CENTER OVER E CENTRAL ATLC AND RIDGE EXTENDING WWD ALONG 30N TO 70W THEN SW TO W CENTRAL GULF. MODERATE TRADES CONTINUE OVER S CENTRAL CARIB OTHERWISE WINDS LIGHT ELSEWHERE. 594 MID LEVEL RIDGE FORECAST FOR DAY 5 OFF SE COAST NEAR 33N65W EXTENDS ESE ACROSS ATLC TO 20N30W AND SW TO N CENTRAL GULF. MAJOR TROUGHING FORECAST OVER NE ATLC BY AZORES WORKING SWD BETWEEN 20W AND 30W. T.S. NINE FORECAST TO MOVE TO 27N59W DAY 5 OTHERWISE SURFACE RIDGE SPRAWLED ACROSS ATLC ALONG 30N WITH AXIS ACROSS N CENTRAL GULF. CARIB WINDS REMAIN MODERATE OTHERWISE WEAK GRADIENT ELSEWHERE. WARNINGS... NONE. ATLANTIC... AMZ087..TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE 9 AUG N OF 20N E OF 58W. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER RRG