000 AGXX40 KNHC 071649 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 PM EDT SUN SEP 07 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE T NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN BAY OF CAMPECHE WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...THIS IS ALSO FORECAST TO DISSIPATE TONIGHT. LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS HURRICANE IKE INTO THE SE GULF EARLY WED HOWEVER THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND RADII BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS INTO THE FAR SE GULF BY TUE EVENING. IKE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS CUBA THEN WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF BY THE END OF THE WEEK. HURRICANE IKE IS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS JUST NOF EASTERN CUBA. IKE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN HAS IT MOVES ACROSS CUBA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUE. WILL CONTINUE HURRICANE WARNINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST NHC ADVISORY. IKE WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WED AND WINDS AND SEAS SLOWLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA. BUOYS AND SHIP REPORTS INDICATE LARGE SWELLS WELL TO THE N OF IKE. THE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS ONCE T.S. JOSEPHINE WILL APPROACH 65W LATE FRI BUT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES THROUGH CUBA....GENERALLY N OF 19N W OF THE WIND WARD PASSAGE THROUGH WED. ELSEWHERE...TRADE WINDS LIGHTER THAN USUAL AS PRES PATTERN REMAINS WEAK THROUGH TUE. THEN AS IKE MOVES W THE ATLC RIDGE REBUILDS AND THE TRADES INCREASE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AND END OF THE WEEK. WARNINGS... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY ATLANTIC... HURRICANE WARNING S OF 24N W OF 74W...AMZ080 CARIBBEAN... TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 19N BETWEEN 74W AND 81W...AMZ082 AND AMZ086 GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.