000 AGXX40 KNHC 141726 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1230 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. RADIOFAX SCHEDULE FOR GRAPHICAL WIND WAVE...SURFACE FORECAST AND PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS HAS CHANGED. FOR THE ATLANTIC BASIN THIS INCLUDES 24...36...48 AND 72 HOUR WIND WAVE..24...48..72 HOUR SURFACE FORECAST AND 48 AND 72 HOUR PEAK WAVE PERIOD CHARTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE FAX SCHEDULE ON THE NHC WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/RADIOFAX.SHTML UPPER LEVELS... MAJOR LONGWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A STRONG SHORTWAVE IS EMBEDDED IN THE TROUGH AND IS ALONG 90W IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE SHORTWAVE WILL RAPIDLY BE ABSORBED IN THE LONGWAVE TONIGHT. THE LONG WAVE WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE TROUGH AXIS REACHING THE EAST UNITED STATES COAST EARLY SUNDAY. BY LATE SUNDAY LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL BE NORTH OF ABOUT 26N ACROSS THE AREA WEST OF 73W. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL DROP INTO THE TROUGH AND AMPLIFY IT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. BY EARLY TUESDAY THE TROUGH AXIS WILL BE ALONG 77W NORTH OF ABOUT 25N. THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY BUT WILL WEAKEN WEDNESDAY. SURFACE... STRONG RIDGE NORTH OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY THEN WEAKEN. OTHERWISE IT IS A TALE OF TWO COLD FRONTS. FIRST FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND RAPIDLY MOVES ACROSS THE GULF TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS SAME FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST DURING SATURDAY AND BY EARLY SUNDAY EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N73W TO WEST CUBA AND THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF THE CARIBBEAN. GALE WINDS ARE FORECAST WEST OF 90W BEHIND THE FRONT. THE TRAILING HIGH WILL REMAIN IN TEXAS SO THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND STALL ALONG A LINE THROUGH 31N63W TO CENTRAL CUBA AND TO EASTERN HONDURAS. ANOTHER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND OVERTAKE THE FIRST FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS TRAILING HIGH WILL MOVE FURTHER EAST AND THE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO LATE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH BUILDS ALONG 30N. ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... GALE WARNING...GMZ080 AND GMZ082 FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.