000 AGXX40 KNHC 190549 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 145 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... RIDGE DISSECTS GULF FROM FL BIG BEND TO NE MEXICO. ELY RETURN FLOW AT 15-20 KT OVER S CENTRAL AND NW WATERS ATTM BUT EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO LATE TONIGHT. WINDS TURN NLY OVER THE NE PORTION IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRES DEVELOPING OFF GA COAST WED NIGHT AND DRAGGING A TROUGH THROUGH E GULF WATERS. THE TROUGH MAY STALL AND WASH OUT OVER THE SE WATERS FRI NIGHT AND SAT DEPENDING ON TRACK OF LOW OVER W ATLC. WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT OVER THE GULF WED THROUGH SAT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS EXPECTED ALONG TROUGH. SW N ATLC... A WEAK TROUGH FROM 31N59W TO 26N70W EXPECTED TO MOVE SE TO ALONG 26N E OF 65W LATE TONIGHT AND MOVE E OF AREA WED NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD N OF TROUGH WITH SLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING TO 15-20 KT OVER NW WATERS LATE TONIGHT. THE HIGH PRES SHIFTS E WED AND THU WITH SLY WINDS FURTHER INCREASING TO 20-25 KT OVER FAR NW AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS OFF GA COAST. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY E THU AND FRI ALONG 31N...THEN NE SAT WHILE DRAGGING A TROUGH THROUGH THE NW BAHAMAS WITH N 10-15 KT OVER WATERS W OF TROUGH AND SW 15-20 KT E OF TROUGH. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... BRISK ELY TRADES CONTINUE OVER CARIBBEAN S OF 18N. A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 57W HAS ONLY A SLIGHT NE-E 15 KT WIND SHIFT...AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE W 15 KT THROUGH CARIBBEAN THROUGH PERIOD. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN TRADES EXCEPT THEY DIMINISH OVER SW WATERS AFTER THU. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC...NONE. CARIBBEAN...NONE. GULF OF MEXICO...NONE. FORECASTER NELSON