000 AGXX40 KNHC 190554 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 155 AM EDT WED SEP 19 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVELS... CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST REACHING 90W FRIDAY NIGHT THEN WEAK AND MOVE NORTHWEST TO OVER EASTERN TEXAS SUNDAY. UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WITH MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION EAST OF 65W. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD PERSIST AS THE TROUGH WILL BE REINFORCED BY SHORTWAVES MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE MIDDLE LATITUDES. OTHERWISE RIDGE OVER THE AREA. SURFACE... SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC MOSTLY EAST OF 65W ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF THE ATLANTIC OFFSHORE AREA. SURFACE LOW OVER OR SLIGHTLY EAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL ALSO TRACK THE UPPER SYSTEM AND MOVE WEST TO NORTHWEST REACHING 90W NEAR THE U.S. COAST SATURDAY THEN INLAND OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THEN EAST TEXAS SUNDAY. GFS DOES NOT DEVELOP THE LOW BUT TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS A POSSIBILITY. THE OTHER AREA OF SIGNIFICANT WINDS IS THE USUAL WINDS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WHICH WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY LESS THAN NORMAL. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER LL