000 AGXX40 KNHC 030533 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK LOW PRES...1012...OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 28N88W IS FORECAST TO DRIFT W TOWARDS THE TEXAS LOUISIANA BORDER BY TUE MORNING. THE LOW COULD POSSIBLY BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE WITH IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS THE GULF WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. ATLC RIDGE ALONG 25N WILL SHIFT N TO NEAR 27N/28N LATER TODAY AND TO ALONG 30N MON THROUGH A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE ZONE TUE AND INTO THE SE BAHAMAS ON WED THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE W OF THE AREA THU. WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT E OF THE WAVE...OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN. A COUPLE OF TROPICAL WAVES ARE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ONE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN ALONG 84W AND ANOTHER ALONG 72W. ANOTHER HIGH AMPLITUDE TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE SUN NIGHT AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN TUE AND INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WED AND THU. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.