000 AGXX40 KNHC 211629 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. AN AREA OF STRONG NLY WINDS CONTINUES OVER THE FAR NE GULF OF MEXICO ASSOCIATED WITH T.S. FAY WHICH IS REMAINS ALONG THE E COAST OF FLORIDA. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK BRINGS FAY BACK INLAND OVER N FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRI THEN WEAKENS FAY TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE FRI THEN CONTINUES TO MOVE WNW ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI THEN WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW OVER S CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TUE. AS FAY MOVES WESTWARD AND THE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE IN THE NE GULF AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE MIDDLE GULF BY FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN. THE WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASE ON MON. WINDS ACROSS THE REST OF THE GULF WILL BE LIGHT. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NW CORNER OF THE ATLC ZONE...N OF AROUND 27N W OF 78W. LATEST NHC WIND RADII FORECAST KEEPS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY FRI. WINDS FINALLY SUBSIDE SAT AS FAY MOVES FURTHER W. A TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA SAT THEN ACROSS THE BAHAMAS SUN THEN DISSIPATE MON. SE WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 15-20 KT E OF THE WAVE SAT INTO EARLY SUN THEN DECREASE LATE SUN AND MON. RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA TUE. TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN REMAIN MUCH LIGHTER THEN NORMAL. THE ONLY 20 KT WINDS ARE CONFINED TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 55W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC ZONE TONIGHT THEN INTO THE E CARIBBEAN FRI THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SAT AND SUN AND INTO THE W CARIBBEAN MON AND TUE. WARNINGS... ATLANTIC...AMZ080 TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 27N W OF 78W. CARIBBEAN... NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.