000 AGXX40 KNHC 291839 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... WEAK 1010 MB LOW PRES INLAND LOUISIANA WITH TROUGH SW OVER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. FRESH E-SE BREEZE N OF 27N E OF TROUGH TO 92W CONFIRMED BY SAT PASS. LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZE W OF TROUGH AS IT DRIFT INLAND TEXAS TONIGHT. HIGH PRES OVER ATLC SEABOARD BUILD SW ACROSS NE GULF AND SPREAD ACROSS MID AND WRN GULF MON NIGHT THROUGH THU. SW N ATLC... HURRICANE DANIELLE OUT OF PICTURE LEAVES LARGE NE SWELLS PROPAGATING N OF 27N TONIGHT BEFORE SECOND SET OF SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE EARL CURRENTLY SE OF AREA START IMPACTING ZONE. SWELLS FORECAST TO SPREAD W TOWARDS BAHAMAS THROUGH TUE. HIGH PRES FROM ATLC ERN SEABOARD BUILD SOUTHWARD TONIGHT BEFORE RETREATING N AGAIN AS EARL PUSHES ITS WAY N-NW ACROSS BASIN TUE THROUGH THU. EARL APPROACHES FAR SE CORNER OF BASIN LATE MON WITH SIMILAR WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS TO DANIELLE. SWELLS FROM EARL EXPECTED TO REACH EASTERN BAHAMA ISLAND CHAIN LATE TUE THROUGH THU. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... WEAK PRES GRADIENT DUE TO LACK OF ATLC RIDGING TO THE N ALLOW FOR GENTLE TO LIGHT TRADES ACROSS AREA...WITH EXCEPTION OF GULF OF HONDURAS WHERE MODERATE E BREEZE CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MON OR TUE. HURRICANE EARL CURRENTLY CRUISING ALONG SW PERIPHERY OF CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE CROSSES TROPICAL N ATLC THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MON AND CROSSES INTO SW N ATLC WED NIGHT. LOW PRES CENTER...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...EMBEDDED IN TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 37W...EXPECTED TO REACH 55W LATE TUE AS POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .AMZ087...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 16N... .AMZ087...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 21N W OF 63W TUE... .AMZ080...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED E OF 74W MON NIGHT THROUGH THU... CARIBBEAN... .TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 16N E OF 65W MON AND MON NIGHT... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES