000 AGXX40 KNHC 240648 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 315 AM EDT THU JUN 24 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 RIDGE OVER GULF STATES WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE E-SE BREEZE THROUGH WESTERN GULF. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SE PART OF THE BASIN TODAY AS A WIND SURGE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN THAT EXTENDS INTO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THIS TROPICAL WAVE WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS TONIGHT THROUGH FRI. THIS IS FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE...CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. THIS WAVE IS FORECAST TO REACH THE FLORIDA STRAITS FRI NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE STRAITS THROUGH SAT NIGHT. WINDS WILL FINALLY DIMINISH AFTER THE SECOND WAVE PASSES W OF THE STRAITS AND WEAKENS ON SUN. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 78W IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 15N82W WITHIN NEXT 24-36 HRS AND TRACK NW ACROSS YUCATAN PASSAGE INTO GULF OF MEXICO. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING HISPANIOLA WILL TRACK NW BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO HISPANIOLA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL REACH THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS LATE TONIGHT...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS OVER TROPICAL N ATLC...MAINLY N OF 14N. SW N ATLC... ATLC RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ALONG 31N THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD KEEPING MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE FLOW THROUGH THE BASIN N OF 25N. S OF 25N FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLIES PREVAIL AS THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN CONTINUES TO MOVE W OVER GREATER ANTILLES. THIS WAVE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SECOND TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN CARIBBEAN WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW REACHING THE EASTERN BAHAMAS FRI. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES SE PART OF BASIN WITH AN INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS SAT AND SUN. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL