000 AGXX40 KNHC 100504 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. TROPICAL STORM ARLENE CURRENTLY IN THE NW CARIBBEAN REMAINS ON A SIMILAR FORECAST TRACK AS PREVIOUS ADVISORIES. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY TODAY AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND SAT...MAKING LANDFALL NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA BORDER SAT NIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE 09Z ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN EARLY TODAY...WITH TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE MIDDLE AND EASTERN GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE ATLC COMBINED WITH ARLENE MOVING THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS IN THE WESTERN ATLC...SPREADING NWD FROM SW OF THE BAHAMAS TO THE N COAST OF FLORIDA TODAY THROUGH SAT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SUN AS THE STORM MOVES INLAND. WEAK TROUGH IN THE ATLC JUST E OF THE AREA WILL DRIFT W AND MOVE OVER THE BAHAMAS LATER IN THE PERIOD. OTHERWISE WINDS MOSTLY LIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ATLC AND CARIBBEAN. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC NONE. CARIBBEAN TROPICAL STORM WARNING NW CARIBBEAN ZONE AMZ082. GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL STORM WARNING MIDDLE AND EASTERN GULF ZONES GMZ084 AND GMZ086. FORECASTER DGS