000 AGXX40 KNHC 280521 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 120 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. SHARP MIDDLE AND UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND GIVE WAY TO BROAD TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA NORTH OF 27N EAST OF 75W BY THURSDAY. THE TROUGH WILL SHARPEN THROUGH SATURDAY WITH AN AXIS ALONG 65W NORTH OF ABOUT 25N THEN THE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN SUNDAY ALONG 60W. BROAD MIDDLE AND UPPER TROUGH OVER CENTRAL AMERICA THROUGH SUNDAY. ELSEWHERE WEAK RIDGE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS. AT THE SURFACE WEAK SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NORTH OF 25N THROUGH THE PERIOD AND BROAD LOW OVER CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTHERN MEXICO THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE 20 KNOT OR GREATER WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TRADES IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...WHICH WILL FALL TO LESS THAN 20 KNOTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO IN THE NORTHEAST FLANK OF THE BROAD LOW OVER CENTRAL AMERICA. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.