000 AGXX40 KNHC 080556 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT MON OCT 8 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. A DEEP LAYERED TROUGH EXTENDS NE TO SW ROUGHLY FROM 31N55W TO CENTRAL AMERICA. A FEW LOW LEVEL CYCLONES ARE ANALYZED ALONG THE TROUGH. ONE NEAR 26N54W 1011 MB...EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE TODAY. BROAD LOW PRES OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN AND MEXICAN YUCATAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN PATTERN THROUGH TUE AS A SERIES OF RE-INFORCING SHORT WAVES MOVE S INTO THE N PART OF THE ATLC AREA. AN UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY ALONG THE ATLC SEABOARD OF CONUS WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE E TO ALONG 70W TUE NIGHT ALLOWING A STRONG SHORT WAVE TO MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL PLAINS LATE WED NIGHT. THE SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE E TO STALL N TO S ALONG 80W THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT. AN ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO N-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL PLAINS TUE NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER SURGE THU TURNING LOW LEVEL WINDS NLY OVER WATERS N OF 28N...WITH CONDITIONS SPREADING S OVER MOST OF THE DISCUSSION AREA N OF 24N THU NIGHT. BY SAT...A STRONGER SHORT WAVE PUSHES OFF E COAST CONUS REACHING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA LATE IN THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL WAVES ALONG 56W AND 38W HAVE ONLY MOVED W ABOUT 8 KT PAST 24 HOURS. EXPECT LIGHT ELY TRADES TO STRENGTHEN TO 20 KT RANGE OVER WATERS E OF 65W WED NIGHT THROUGH SAT. LIGHT SLY WINDS W CARIBBEAN IN RESPONSE TO BROAD LOW PRES OVER YUCATAN PENINSULA. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER NELSON