000 AGXX40 KNHC 311737 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. TROUGH OVER THE SW GULF OF MEXICO HAS MOVED INLAND...HOWEVER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS CONTINUE S OF 22N W OF 94W. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH SAT. A WEAK LOW OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH TROUGH FROM THE LOW TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THE LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY BEFORE DISSIPATING MON NIGHT. OTHERWISE VERY WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH WEAK RIDGE BUILDING WED. LOW PRES IN THE ATLC NEAR 30N74W WITH TROUGH FROM LOW TO NORTHERN BAHAMAS. THE LOW MOVES N OF THE AREA TONIGHT WITH TROUGH FROM 31N72W TO 31N81W. THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE S OF 31N SAT AS RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 26N AND REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. ANOTHER WEAK LOW WITH BRUSH THE FAR N PORTION OF THE AREA WED. A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE WITH A 1008 MB LOW NEAR 11N57W...MOVING W 15 KT. LOTS OF CONVECTION AROUND THE LOW...AND THIS COULD BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE SOON. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE S PORTION OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS EARLY SAT. THE WAVE AND LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE E CARIBBEAN SAT AND SUN AND INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN MON AND TUE AND W OF THE AREA WED. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS