000 AGXX40 KNHC 011911 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 345 PM EDT MON JUN 01 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. UPPER LEVELS A BROAD TROUGH CONTINUES ACROSS THE ERN U.S. EXTENDING INTO THE EXTREME NW BAHAMAS AND CONTINUES TO ENHANCE TSTMS ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND S FL. A CUT OFF LOW OVER THE SUBTROPICAL ATLC NEAR 23N57W WITH TROUGH EXTENDING SW INTO THE NE CARIB TO ANOTHER WEAK VORTEX NEAR 14B67W. E OF THIS IS BROAD UPPER RIDGING ACTING TO ENHANCE WHAT LITTLE CONVECTION THAT IS OCCURRING ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL WAVE MOVING INTO SE CARIB AND NE S AMERICA. BROAD FLAT RIDGING CAN BE FOUND ACROSS THE GUFMEX AHEAD OF NEXT LOW IN THE DESERT SW. SURFACE THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY SNAKES FROM JUST E OF BERMUDA SW ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS AND BECOMES DIFFUSE ACROSS S FL...AND CAN BE DETECTED ACROSS THE ERN GUFMEX...DRIFTING NW. UPPER DIFFLUENCE IS ENHANCING CNVTN ALONG THIS NEW WARM FRONT IN THE ERN GULF. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NW AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST NEXT 24-36 HOURS...WHILE GRADUALLY WEAKENING. THE PORTION OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE SW ATLC WILL REMAIN ACTIVE CONVECTIVELY AS IT DRIFTS E TO NE AND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. A WEAK TROUGH LINGERING ACROSS THE SW GULF HAS MOVED W TO ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST AND HAS IGNITED IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS UNDERNEATH UPPER RIDGING. A WEAK LLVL TROF WITH NEGATIVE TILT WAS MOVING ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE MONA PASSAGE...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND INCREASING TRADES BEHIND IT. A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 12N HAS MOVED ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND INTO VENEZUELA THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG AND BEHIND AXIS. SAL IS DAMMED UP BEHIND THIS WAVE AND COVERS MOST OF THE ATLC S OF 16N AND N OF THE ITCZ. A NEXT TROPICAL AND MORE FORMIDABLE TROPICAL WAVE WAS ALONG 30W THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING W 15-20 KT...WITH WIDESPREAD TSTMS ACTIVITY. WIND SURGES OF 20 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 KT CAN BE FOUND BEHIND THE WAVE MOVING INTO THE SE CARIB...AND ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WAVE AT 30W...WITH MAX SEAS IN THESE ZONES 7 TO 8 FT. A WEAK ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL ATLC W SW INTO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY SW NEXT 48 HOURS. ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...TRADES OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE ARE MOSTLY CONFINED TO SOUTH OF 16N...AND TO NEAR 30 KT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND SEAS 7-10 FT. THIS ZONE OF FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY W AND EXPAND A BIT DURING THROUGH THU...WITH PEAK SEAS INCREASING TO 12-13 FT OFF OF COLOMBIA. WARNINGS ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.