000 AGXX40 KNHC 150602 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM THU JUN 15 2006 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. CURRENTLY...HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM NEAR 28N65W ACROSS S FLORIDA AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS A WEAK FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE EXTRATROPICAL REMNANTS OF ALBERTO MOVES SOUTH TO ALONG THE N PORTION OF THE ATLC WATERS TONIGHT. ANOTHER HIGH N OF THIS FRONT WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. FRONT WEAKENS FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS SAT WITH RIDGE REMAINING N OF THE AREA SUN AND MON. COUPLE OF TROPICAL WAVES WILL CONTINUE MOVING W ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SW N ATLC...MODERATE SWLY WINDS TO CONTINUE OVER THE FAR N PORTION THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS EXPECTED TO BECOME 15 KT OR LESS OVER THE AREA BY TONIGHT. GFS IS INDICATING THAT NELY WINDS MAY OCCASIONALLY REACH 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT LATE FRI THROUGH SAT. MAY HAVE TO INCREASE WINDS A LITTLE FROM CURRENT FORECAST. FRONT WEAKENS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH WINDS BECOMING ELY 15 KT OR LESS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUN AND MON. GULF OF MEXICO...LIGHT WINDS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH SEAS 2-4 FT. WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATE TONIGHT/FRI AS TROUGH DIGS OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. NWW3 BUILDS SEAS TO 7 FT BY LATE FRI NIGHT/EARLY SAT. MODEL MAY BE A LITTLE SLOW BUILDING SEAS BUT MAXIMUM AROUND 7 FT LOOKS REASONABLE. MODERATE WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ELSEWHERE WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15 KT BY THE WEEKEND. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE MOVING W 15-20 KT REACHING THE W PORTIONS TONIGHT AND FRI. WITH STRONG RIDGE TO THE NORTH... SURGE OF 20-25 KT WINDS CONTINUE NEAR THE WAVE AXIS. GFS NOW SPREAD THESE STRONGER WINDS WESTWARD TO ABOUT 82W TONIGHT... BEFORE WINDS DECREASE FRI. WITH RIDGE WEAKENING AND WAVE MOVING WEST...WINDS SHOULD DECREASE MOST AREA WITH 20 KT WINDS CONFINED TO THE S CENTRAL PORTIONS ALONG THE SOUTH AMERICA COAST THIS WEEKEND. NEXT TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 47W WILL ENTER THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS BY EARLY FRI. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER BROWN