000 AGXX40 KNHC 290505 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...HOWEVER THE LATEST NHC FORECAST TRACK BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS INTO THE SE GULF BY SAT EVENING AS GUSTAV MOVES ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN TIP OF CUBA. GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE GULF SUN AND MON AND INTO THE LOUISIANA COAST TUE EVENING. AS ALWAYS HEADLINES FOR THE GULF ZONES WILL BE BASED ON THE LATEST NHC ADVISORY. TROPICAL STORM HANNA NEAR 21.1N60.6W AT 0300 UTC IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW AND CROSS INTO THE ATLC ZONE BY EARLY SAT AND THEN BECOME A HURRICANE SAT EVENING AND THEN MEANDER AROUND ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF AREA THROUGH TUE. WILL HEADLINE HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SAT THROUGH TUE. TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV IS CURRENTLY NEAR JAMAICA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE AGAIN BY THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES BACK OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WATERS. GUSTAV WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN AND BE OVER THE FAR WESTERN TIP OF CUBA SAT EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE NW OF THE AREA BY SUN. TROPICAL STORM HANNA CURRENTLY IN THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE NEAR 21.1N 60.6W MOVING WNW 6 KT. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE ZONE BY SAT MORNING ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ADVISORY. OTHERWISE WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WILL BE LIGHT. WARNINGS... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY ATLANTIC... TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 20N E OF 59W...AMZ087 CARIBBEAN... HURRICANE WARNING N OF 17N E OF 78W...AMZ082 GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.