000 AGXX40 KNHC 021835 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 PM EDT WED JUN 02 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC EXTENDS A RIDGE ACROSS FLORIDA INTO THE GULF REGION PRODUCING GENTLE TO MODERATE BREEZE AND SLIGHT SEAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NE WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE NEAR THE YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENINGS. SOME INCREASE IN WINDS IS EXPECTED BY THU AS THE GFS SUGGESTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WEAK LOW PRES MOVING E-NE ACROSS THE N GULF STATES. THE RIDGE WILL REBUILD THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING OVER THE W GULF WATERS THIS WEEKEND. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... THE REMNANTS OF THE E PACIFIC SYSTEM AGATHA MOVED INLAND OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LAST NIGHT AND DISSIPATED. OTHERWISE EASTERLY TRADES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY FRI THROUGH SUN...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. AS A RESULT...SEAS WILL ALSO BUILD UP TO 7-10 FT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA FRI-SAT. IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC... WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDING ALONG 20N WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THU AS THE ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS ALONG 30N. THE TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE UP TO 20 KT S OF 18N TONIGHT THROUGH FRI. SW N ATLC... WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH OVER SE PART IS GENERATING SCATTRED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. THIS FEATURE IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE TONIGHT AS THE ATLC RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 30N BRINGING GENTLE TO MODERATE BREEZE TO MOST OF BASIN AND SLIGHT SEAS. THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EXTREME NW CORNER OF SW N ATLC BY SUN WILL BRING SW WINDS OF 20 KT MAINLY N OF 29N AND W OF 75W. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES