000 AGXX40 KNHC 051801 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... E-W ORIENTED RIDGE AXIS ALONG 26N WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS OVER GULF. INCREASE IN S/SE RETURN FLOW EXPECTED THU AS SFC PRES FALL OVER NE MEXICO AND TEXAS PROMPTING SLY RETURN FLOW MAINLY W OF 94W. ENHANCED GRADIENT PERSISTS INTO FRI BEFORE RIDGE DRIFTS NWD TO 29N SAT AND SUN. SW N ATLC... ATLC RIDGE AXIS FROM 28N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA KEEPS LIGHT S-SW WINDS N OF 25N AND SE-S REMAINDER OF BASIN. ON FRI...WEAK COLD FRONT SKIRTS NE PORTION OF AREA WITH SHORT LIVED SW WIND INCREASING AHEAD OF FRONT. HIGH PRES BEHIND FRONT MOVES S JUST E OF SW N ATLC BASIN WITH LIGHT ELY WINDS S OF RIDGE AXIS SAT AND SUN. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... HIGH PRES OVER ATLC MAINTAINS STRONG TRADES MOSTLY S OF 17N AND STRONGER ALONG COLOMBIAN COAST. NWW3 BUILDS SEAS OF 13 FT WHICH MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY OVER DONE...BUT CLOSE. WIND AND SEAS DECREASE FRI THROUGH SUN AS WEAK ATLC COLD FRONT DISPLACES HIGH PRES FURTHER E. TRPCL WAVE NOW ALONG 50W MOVES INTO TROPICAL N ATLC TONIGHT AND WED WITH ASSOCIATED WINDS TO 20 KT ALONG SIDE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC...NONE. CARIBBEAN...NONE. GULF OF MEXICO...NONE. FORECASTER WALLY BARNES