000 AGXX40 KNHC 031742 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO...SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS E-W ALONG 28N. LIGHT TO MODERATE SE FLOW IS EVIDENT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS S OF THE RIDGE AXIS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. A 1007 MB LOW PRES AREA IS NOTED ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST NEAR THE MEXICAN/GUATEMALAN BORDER...MOVING NORTHWARD AND INLAND ACROSS THE TEHUANTEPEC ISTHMUS. A MORNING QUIKSCAT PASS SHOWED STRONG E WINDS BETWEEN TROUGHING N OF THE LOW...AND THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRES TO THE NORTH. GLOBAL AND REGIONAL MODELS SHOW THE LOW ENTERING THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED MORNING. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE WILL BE A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH DEPICTED IN GLOBAL MODELS LATE IN THE WEEK DIGGING THROUGH THE ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH AN ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH...BUT OVERALL WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF WILL INCREASE WED THROUGH SUN AS THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS AGAINST THE RIDGE TO THE EAST TIGHTENS. THE LOW IN THE SW GULF WEAKENS BY LATE WEEK...BUT WINDS IN THE EASTERN GULF INCREASE SLIGHTLY AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS E. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC...MORNING QUIKSCAT DATA SHOWED 20 KT WINDS IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS...BETWEEN A LOW TO THE WEST AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NE. MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK SW OF THE RIDGE. FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MAINLY NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST LATE WEEK...S OF THE RIDGE. FURTHER EAST...MODERATE TRADES WILL PERSIST IN THE ATLC WATERS E OF TRINIDAD AND BARBADOS. SW N ATLC...SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS E-W ALONG 27N...S OF WEAK STATIONARY FRONT BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND BERMUDA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SE WINDS PERSIST S OF THE RIDGE AXIS...WITH QUIKSCAT SHOWING A HINT OF SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS N OF PUERTO RICO. A WEAK TROUGH WILL MIGRATE ALONG THE SW PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AND TO THE NORTH OF THE GREATER ANTILLES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS THROUGH THU...INCREASING WINDS SLIGHTLY. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.