000 AGXX40 KNHC 060617 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 115 AM EST MON MAR 06 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVELS... BROAD LONGWAVE FEATURE OVER THE AREA WITH TROUGH EAST OF 83W AND RIDGE WEST OF 83W. STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL SWING THROUGH THE TROUGH. THE SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST EARLY TUESDAY THEN AMPLIFY SOME AND PASS EAST OF 65W LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE EAST AND PASS EAST OF 55W THURSDAY. THE SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THE LONGWAVE TROUGH EAST WITH IT AND BY THURSDAY RIDGE WILL BE OVER FLORIDA AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH TROUGHS EAST OF 72W AND WEST OF 94W. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST THURSDAY BUT THIS SHORTWAVE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND BY FRIDAY WILL BE ABSORBED INTO SHEAR VORTICITY. BY LATE FRIDAY LARGE RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. SURFACE... THE ABOVE MENTIONED SHORTWAVE THAT MOVES OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S COAST MONDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST NORTHEASTWARD PASSING NORTH OF BERMUDA TUESDAY NIGHT. ASSOCIATED HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE U.S. COAST WEDNESDAY AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST PASSING EAST OF 65W FRIDAY. THIS RIDGE COUPLED WITH A LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE U.S. GREAT PLAINS BEGINNING TUESDAY WILL INCREASE THE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE GULF TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER LL