000 AGXX40 KNHC 231808 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 110 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVELS... BROAD RIDGE OVER THE AREA CENTERED OVER THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER EAST TEXAS WILL MOVE TO THE TEXAS COAST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST AND WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND BROAD HIGH ELSEWHERE TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE WILL EXPEND TO COVER THE ENTIRE AREA. SURFACE... SWELLS EAST OF 70W WILL SUBSIDE SLOWLY THROUGH SATURDAY BUT WILL LINGER NEAR PUERTO RICO. COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE SOUTHWEST GULF WILL LIFT NORTH AS TROUGH/COLD FRONT DEVELOPS IN THE WEST GULF AND HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA EXPENDS AND BRIDGES THE FRONT IN THE ATLANTIC AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ABOVE MENTIONED SHORTWAVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND AS SHORTWAVE WILL WEAKENS THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF. A LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE ATLANTIC AREA BEGINNING MONDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND THE ASSOCIATED WINDS WILL ALSO MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL DOMINATE THE FLOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER LL