000 AGXX40 KNHC 292213 AAA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...UPDATED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 613 PM EDT WED SEP 29 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... BROAD STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING N-S FROM FL BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL SHIFT E AND SE OF AREA TONIGHT INTO THU AS TS NICOLE LIFTS NE OF AREA. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE GULF DIMINISHING TO 10-15 KT THU. AS POST TROPICAL LOW OF NICOLE RACES OFF TO N A SECONDARY N SURGE WILL SHIFT S ACROSS AREA THIS WEEKEND TURNING WINDS TO NE AT 15-20 KT. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TS NICOLE HAS DISSIPATED INTO AN ELONGATED REMNANT AREA OF LOW PRES. THE REMNANTS OF NICOLE WERE JUST N OF CUBA OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AT 24.5N 80.0W 996 MB AT 5 PM EDT MOVING N NE OR 020 DEG AT 10 KT. SUSTAINED GALE FORCE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED N OF THE AREA INTO THE SW N ATLC ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A STRAY GUST TO AROUND 35 KT THIS EVENING IN THE NW CARIBBEAN NEAR CUBA AND JAMAICA. THE REMNANTS OF NICOLE WILL DRAG A TROUGH SLOWLY E ACROSS CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY THU. THERE STILL IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THIS PERSISTENT TROUGH THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE ELY TRADES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH SEAS INCREASING NE PART AS E SWELLS PROPAGATE THROUGH NE PASSAGES. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THROUGH LATE THU NIGHT. A WIND SURGE PRECEDING A TROPICAL WAVE WILL PRODUCE FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER THE N PART OF THE AREA FRI. THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC THIS WEEKEND. SW N ATLC... TS NICOLE HAS DISSIPATED INTO AN ELONGATED REMNANT AREA OF LOW PRES. THE REMNANTS OF NICOLE WERE JUST N OF CUBA OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AT 24.5N 80.0W 996 MB AT 5 PM EDT MOVING N NE OR 020 DEG AT 10 KT. THE REMNANT LOW WILL BECOME ABSORBED BY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OFF OF THE SE UNITED STATES COAST TONIGHT. THE TS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A GALE WARNING BETWEEN 74W AND 80W. CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN GALE FORCE BY THU EVENING. AS THE REMNANTS OF NICOLE CONTINUES N IT WILL DRAG A WEAK FRONT...OR TROUGH...E TO ALONG PSN 31N77W TO 23N79W THU AFTERNOON...WITH THE TROUGH BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY FROM 31N74W TO 21N75W FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN. SEEMS LIKE A SECONDARY N SURGE ARRIVES OVER WATERS ALONG 31N W OF TROUGH SAT MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY A N SWELL TRAIN DRIVING SEAS TO 11 FT W OF TROUGH LATE SAT NIGHT. WATCH FOR A SECOND LOW PRES DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CARIBBEAN SEGMENT OF THIS TROUGH OVER WEEKEND. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING BETWEEN 74W AND 80W. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON/LEWITSKY