000 AGXX40 KNHC 141701 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO TROUGH EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA TO JUST N OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE TROUGH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS EARLY SAT AND BECOME STATIONARY. THE FRONT DISSIPATES SUN EVENING. WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 15-20 KT W OF THE FRONT SAT AND SAT NIGHT. THE FRONT WEAKENS MON THEN DISSIPATES TUE. OTHERWISE WEAK RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TUE AND WED. ATLC RIDGE CONTINUES AROUND 30N/31N THROUGH SAT THEN N OF 31N SUN. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO 29N81W LATE SUN AND BECOME STATIONARY BEFORE DISSIPATING TUE. WINDS WILL REMAIN 15 KT OR LESS THROUGH WED. LATEST NHC ADVISORY BRINGS T.S. INGRID INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE SUN AS A 30 KT TROPICAL DEPRESSION...AND REMAINS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE N PORTION OF THE AREA MON AND TUE THEN N OF THE AREA WED. THE TRADES BECOME LIGHT SUN THROUGH WED AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS