000 AGXX40 KNHC 041742 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 PM EDT WED JUN 04 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO...A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN ATLC TO THE NW GULF ALONG ROUGHLY 26N. BUOY AND QUIKSCAT DATA SHOW FRESH TO STRONG RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW GULF...BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND LOW PRES DIGGING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. FURTHER SOUTH...A WELL DEFINED 1005 MB LOW CENTERED IN THE SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO IS MOVING NW AND ONSHORE AND BECOMES ABSORBED INTO AN ELONGATED TROUGH OVER MEXICO. WINDS AND SEAS INCREASE OVER THE MIDDLE GULF AND FAR SE GULF STARTING TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH BY THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC...BUOYS AND QUIKSCAT SHOW FRESH TRADES OVER MAINLY THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN CURRENTLY...SOUTH OF A BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND AS A PAIR OF TROPICAL WAVES MIGRATE THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN BASIN. WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY BY THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH WEAKENS. SW N ATLC...LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW IS EVIDENT AROUND A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS E-W ALONG MAINLY 28N. WEAK TROUGHING IS POSSIBLE S OF THE RIDGE NEAR THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF A TROPICAL WAVE IS NOTED S OF 22N NEAR PUERTO RICO. BUOYS 41046 AND 41043 SHOW GENERALLY 10 TO 15 KT E TO SE FLOW...WHICH CORROBORATES ASCAT DATA IN THE AREA N OF PUERTO RICO AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM THIS MORNING. TRADES MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY TONIGHT S OF 23N BETWEEN THE WAVE AND THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH. OTHERWISE...LIGHT TO MODERATE FLOW WILL PERSIST SOUTH OF THE RIDGE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.