000 AGXX40 KNHC 031834 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 PM EDT THU JUN 03 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... A WEAK TROUGH ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE NW GULF WATERS LATE TONIGHT. A SQUALL LINE IS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THE TSTMS. SW WINDS OF 20 KT ARE BLOWING AHEAD OF THE TROUGH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE N WATERS TONIGHT. AS THE TROUGH DISSIPATES...A RIDGE WILL BUILD AGAIN WWD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MON. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN FRESH EASTERLY TRADES ACROSS THE TROPICS THROUGH SUN THEN SLIGHTLY DIMINISHING BY MON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND ACROSS THE GULF OF HONDURAS PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT. AN EARLIER ASCAT PASS AND THE MOST RECENT WINDSAT PASS SHOWED NE TO E WINDS OF 20 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AND OVER THE S PART OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SUPPORT THE STRONG EASTERLY BREEZE MAINLY S OF 15N BETWEEN 68W AND 78W. SW N ATLC... A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM 27N70W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL DRIFT E. AN ASCAT PASS FROM AROUND 1400 UTC SHOWED THE WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH CROSSING THE SE BAHAMAS. A WEAK LOW PRES IS FORECAST BY THE COMPUTER MODELS TO FORM NEAR THE NORTHERN END OF THE TROUGH LATE TODAY INTO FRI. THE TROUGH AND THE ASSOCIATED LOW CENTER WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE E PART OF THE SW N ATLC THROUGH EARLY SUN THEN WEAKEN. FOR NOW... EXPECT WINDS TO 20 KT E OF LOW PRES CENTER. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF REGION LATE SUN INTO MON. SW WINDS OF 20 KT ARE EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER GR