000 AGXX40 KNHC 051838 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 05 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... SE TO S FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE AREA WITH LATEST BUOY AND CMAN OBSERVATIONS INDICATING 10 TO 15 KT WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LATEST ASCAT PASS INDICATING WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KT. AN E TO W RIDGE ALONG 25N WILL BUILD W TO 90W ACROSS SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE NE PORTIONS OF THE BASIN MON AND TUE. FRONT TO STALL ACROSS N CENTRAL FLORIDA MON NIGHT WITH WEAK 1016 MB HIGH THEN CENTERED ACROSS THE N CENTRAL GULF...AND SE TO S WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS W PORTIONS. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AND ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... RECENT ASCAT PASS INDICATES FRESH TO STRONG WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND FAR WESTERN CARIBBEAN WITH MODERATE TRADES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO GENERALLY PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FT ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. A TROPICAL WAVE WITH AXIS ALONG 06N60W TO 14N59W WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC TONIGHT. SW N ATLC... A COUPLE OF WEAK LOW-LEVEL TROUGHS ARE NOTED OVER THE ATLC W OF 50W...BOTH INDUCED BY MID LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATIONS. THE FIRST TROUGH IS ALONG 68W WITH THE SECOND TROUGH FARTHER E AND JUST E OF THE AREA. THESE TROUGHS WILL MEANDER AND WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF REGION LATE SUN INTO MON WITH SW WINDS OF 20 KT EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NW PORTIONS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHICH IS FORECAST TO STALL FROM BERMUDA TO THE NW BAHAMAS LATE TUE. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL/STRIPLING