000 AGXX40 KNHC 061709 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 110 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO...BUOY AND SCATTEROMETER DATA SHOW SE WINDS AROUND 20 KT OVER MAINLY THE WESTERN GULF WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...BETWEEN HIGH PRES OVER THE WESTERN ATLC AND LOW PRES OVER TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED FROM THE NEAR 30 KT FLOW YESTERDAY...AS DEEPER LOW PRES OVER KANSAS LIFTED OUT TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...EXTENDING E-W FROM THE WESTERN ATLC ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO NEXT WEEK. FRESH SE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER MAINLY THE SW GULF BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND LOW PRES OVER MEXICO AND THE EASTERN PACIFIC...AS WELL A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE MOVING S OF THE RIDGE THROUGH SOUTHERN MEXICO THROUGH SAT. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...BUOY 42058 AND A 1012Z QUIKSCAT PASS SHOW 20 TO 25 KT TRADES THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...BEHIND A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 79W AND HIGH PRES TO THE NORTH. TRADES WILL DIMINISH THIS WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND A TROPICAL WAVE NOW ALONG 56W MOVES WEST THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TOMORROW...REACHING 65W BY SUN. TRADES INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN THE WATERS E OF THE WINDWARDS SUN INTO MON BEHIND THE WAVE. WINDS INCREASE A LITTLE MORE IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY TUE AS THE WEAKENING TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. SW N ATLANTIC...1023 MB HIGH PRES IS CENTERED BETWEEN N FLORIDA AND BERMUDA...MAINTAINING GENERALLY LIGHT ANTICYCLONIC FLOW N OF 25N. A PERSISTENT UPPER LOW REMAINS STATIONARY NEAR 25N68W...AND IS SUPPORTING A TROUGH FROM 24N65W TO NORTH CENTRAL DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE SURFACE TROUGH HAS BEEN WELL ADVERTISED IN MOST GLOBAL MODELS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH THE GFS BEING THE MOST AGGRESSIVE. HOWEVER...THE GFS HAS BACKED OFF A BIT AND IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE EURO AND UKMET SHOWING A DAMPENING TROUGH MOVING TOWARD THE BAHAMAS. EXPECT FRESH WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND BETWEEN THE HIGH TO THE NORTH AND THE ADVANCING TROUGH. WINDS DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS FURTHER WEST AND DAMPENS OUT. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC... NONE. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.