000
AGXX40 KNHC 140601
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA 
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO 1018 MB HIGH PRES IS CENTERED NEAR 27N85W WILL 
MOVE TO THE WNW TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI THU THEN 
WEAKEN WITH RIDGE ALONG 28N FRI THROUGH SUN. A WEAK TROUGH 
CURRENTLY OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL DRIFT INTO THE EASTERN 
GULF THIS EVENING AND THU THEN DISSIPATE THU NIGHT. MOSTLY LIGHT 
WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF...BUT ELY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
INCREASE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT 
TIGHTENS BETWEEN THE TROUGH IN THE EASTERN GULF AND THE ATLC
RIDGE THEN DECREASE THU AS THE TROUGH DISSIPATES.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N/28N WILL SHIFT N TO 30N/31N THU THROUGH
SUN. ELY WINDS 15-20 KT ARE S OF 25N E OF THE BAHAMAS TODAY WILL 
SPREAD W OF THE BAHAMAS TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SPREAD N TO 27N 
BY FRI THROUGH SUN. THE N END OF A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH 
THE CARIBBEAN LATE IN THE WEEK. SLY WINDS INCREASE 15 KT OVER 
THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AS A FRONT/TROUGH APPROACHES THE SE 
U.S. LATER TODAY THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE ON THU NIGHT AS THE 
TROUGH MOVES TO THE NE.

ELY WINDS 20-25 KT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN FROM 12N-17N E OF 80W
WILL DECREASE SOME ON THU AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS AND 
MOVES N ON THU. BY THU 20 KT WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THEN SHIFT BACK TO THE W BY FRI. THE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT SAT AND SUN. TROPICAL
WAVE CURRENTLY IN THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE S OF AROUND 14N ALONG 
56W WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY AND THROUGH 
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THU AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN FRI. ANOTHER 
TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO REACH 55W LATE SAT.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

$$
FORECASTER DGS