000 AGXX40 KNHC 190639 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EDT MON SEP 19 2005 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVELS... HIGH CENTER OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO WITH RIDGE EXTENDING EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH WEAK RIDGE ALONG 30N OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. CYCLONIC CIRCULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH TROPICAL CYCLONES...PHILIPPE AND RITA...WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. SEE LATEST NHC FORECASTS AND DISCUSSIONS FOR THESE SYSTEMS. SURFACE... RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA COUPLED WITH THE TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES WILL DEFINE THE SURFACE WINDS AND ASSOCIATED SEA CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST AND OUTLOOK PERIODS. .WARNINGS... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORIES ATLANTIC... HURRICANE WARNING...PHILIPPE...TROPICAL ATLC ZONE...AMZ087. HURRICANE WARNING AND TS WARNING...RITA...SW N ATLC ZONE...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... HURRICANE WARNING AND TS WARNING E GULF ZONE...GMZ086. TS AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED GMZ080-082-084. FORECASTER LL