000 AGXX40 KNHC 111818 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 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 TO W RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL SHIFT SE TONIGHT ALLOWING A WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF THU. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE MS DELTA TO SE TX THU NIGHT THEN MOVE BACK N OF THE AREA FRI. HIGH PRES RIDGE RE-BUILDS E TO W BUT N OF THE AREA ON THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED TO THE S OF 26N CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL SLOW CONSIDERABLY AND MOVE INTO THE FL STRAITS THU AND REACH INTO THE SE GULF THU NIGHT AND FRI...INTO THE CENTRAL GULF LATE SAT THEN WEAKEN IN THE SW GULF OF SUN. SW N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... RIDGE EXTENDING E TO W FROM 31N70W TO NE FL WILL LIFT N TO ALONG 30N LATE TODAY AND SHIFT N OF AREA THU AND REMAIN N OF AREA FRI-SUN. SW WINDS N OF THE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE AT 10-15 KT...WHILE ELY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE ACROSS THE AREA S OF 24N W OF 65W THROUGH SUN. TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY S OF 26N ALONG 75W WILL PASS W OF THE AREA FRI. THE WAVE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A 15 KT NE-E-SE WIND SHIFT AND SCATTERED SHOWERS. SECOND TROPICAL WAVE WELL E OF THE AREA WILL MOVE TO ALONG 62W LATE SAT AND ALONG 69N LATE SUN. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED TO THE N OF 19N ACROSS EASTERN CUBA WILL MOVE TO THE YUCATAN PASSAGE LATE FRI. ELY TRADES ARE AT 25-30 KT OVER THE S-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND AT 15-20 KT ELSEWHERE S OF 17N ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT THE TRADES TO RELAX ACROSS THE AREA E OF 70W EARLY THU...BUT CONTINUE TO 30 KT OVER THE S CENTRAL PORTION...EVENTUALLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THU NIGHT. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IS LOCATED SHOULD REACH 55W FRI NIGHT AND INTO E CARIBBEAN LATE SAT INTO SUN. NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE OUTPUT IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA... .NONE. SW N ATLANTIC... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS