000 AGXX40 KNHC 300519 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. HURRICANE GUSTAV CURRENTLY OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA TONIGHT AND INTO THE SE GULF OF MEXICO SUN MORNING. WITH WINDS OVER 100 KT GUSTAV WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL OVER SW LOUISIANA SOME TIME ON TUE. GUSTAV WILL WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA ON WED...WITH WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY DECREASING OVER THE NW GULF. TROPICAL STORM HANNA NEAR 22.1N 65.3W AT 0300 UTC IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ON A NW TRACK THROUGH SUN MORNING WHEN IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE SUN THROUGH TUE...THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A SOUTHERLY TURN...MOVING SW TOWARD THE E BAHAMAS. WILL CONTINUE TO HEADLINE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE ATLC ZONE WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE. WITH A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HANNA AND HIGHER PRES TO THE N WILL EXPECT A LARGE AREA OF STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. HURRICANE GUSTAV OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN NEAR 19.5N 80.4W AT 0300 UTC IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW AND MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE FAR WESTERN TIP OF CUBA TONIGHT AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO SAT. WILL CONTINUE HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR NW CARIBBEAN N OF AROUND 18N W OF 79W FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...LATEST ADVISORY PUTS THE TROPICAL STORM WIND RADII N OF THE CARIBBEAN BY SUN. HOWEVER STRONG SLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN SUN THEN DECREASE ON MON. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT FOR INCREASING WLY WINDS S OF CUBA WED AS HANNA MOVES TO THE BAHAMAS. WARNINGS... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY ATLANTIC... TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 20N E OF 61W...AMZ087 TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 22N TO 26N E OF 70W...AMZ080 CARIBBEAN... HURRICANE WARNING N OF 18N W OF 77W...AMZ082 GULF OF MEXICO... HURRICANE WARNING S OF 25N E OF 85W...GMZ086. FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.