000 AGXX40 KNHC 260458 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN IS LOCATED NEAR 21.7N 95.4W DRIFTING W AT 4 KT. CONVECTION ASSOCIATE WITH THE SYSTEM HAS PRETTY MUCH DISSIPATED BUT THE LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS THE T.D. TO A TROPICAL STORM BY EARLY THU THEN MOVES THE STORM SW INTO THE COAST OF MEXICO FRI NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH HEADLINE OF TROPICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THU. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH SAT THEN INCREASE OVER THE NE GULF AS HIGH PRES STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SE UNITED STATES. TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER S FLORIDA...WITH BOTH THE GFS AND NOGAPS DEVELOPING A LOW OFF THE E COAST OF FLORIDA AND MOVING IT TO THE NE. A WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFF GA COAST THU AND EXTENDING FROM 31N75W 27N80W FRI AND FROM 31N69W TO 27N80W SAT. AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF THE FRONT NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT SAT AND SUN. THE TROPICAL WAVE IS ANALYZED ALONG 64W WITH A WEAK SURFACE LOW ALONG THE WAVE NEAR 17N64W. THE LOW WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. T.S. KAREN E OF AREA...CURRENT TRACK FORECAST IS FOR A 55 KT TROPICAL STORM TO PASS JUST E OF EXTREME NE CORNER OF AMZ087 SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT RADIUS OF TS WINDS MAY BRUSH THE FAR NE CORNER OF THE ZONE. SUBSEQUENT TRACK FORECASTS LIKELY TO FLUCTUATE AND OFFSHORE TEXT WORDING WILL CHANGE A LITTLE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS