000 AGXX40 KNHC 030622 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 225 AM EDT TUE AUG 03 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... AN E-W RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE FL BIG BEND TO NE TX. A TROPICAL WAVE IS MOVING W ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ATTM. THIS WAVE SHOULD MOVE W OF AREA LATE WED AS WEAK HIGH PRES DEVELOPS OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE SE GULF WATERS FRI INTO THE S CENTRAL WATERS SAT. EXPECTING MOSTLY 5 TO 10 KT AND SEAS 1 TO 2 FT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...EXCEPT 3 FT ALONG NW YUCATAN COAST AND BAY OF CAMPECHE IN EVENING ENHANCED WINDS. SW N ATLC... A FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO 29N79W AND A RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 31N55W TO SE FL. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT N AND PUSH REMNANTS OF THE FRONTAL TROUGH W OF AREA EARLY WED MORNING. THE RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO 30N80W THU...AND FROM 31N55W TO 28N80W FRI. A TROPICAL STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA NEAR 23.5N60W LATE THU AND CONTINUE NW BREAKING UP THE RIDGE AS IT PASSES NW THROUGH THE WATERS TO THE SW OF BERMUDA THIS WEEKEND. THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL PRECEDE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE...AND MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN WATERS THU THROUGH SAT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 64W WILL MOVE W TO ALONG 70W WED...76W THU AND 81W FRI AND MOVE THROUGH THE GULF OF HONDURAS SAT. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE IS CURRENTLY RACING AHEAD OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IT SPAWNED...BUT GUIDANCE AND NHC BOTH MOVE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE FAST ENOUGH THAT IT CATCHES UP WITH THE WAVE IN ABOUT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL COMPLICATE THE GRAPHICS THUS WILL DROP THE WAVE AS THE MAIN FOCUS IS TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AND TRACK NW ACROSS THE NE PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WED. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST AND DISCUSSIONS FOR TD FOUR. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .AMZ087...TS WARNING. .AMZ080...TS CONDITIONS EXPECTED THU THRU SAT. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. .GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON