000 AGXX40 KNHC 080729 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM EDT MON SEP 08 2008 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO... CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... WEAK RIDGE OVER SERN CONUS IS ONLY FEATURE PRESENT IN GULF OF MEXICO. HURCN IKE IS ONLY FEATURE OF CONCERN DURING REMAINDER OF FORECAST PERIOD. RIDGE KEEP MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS THROUGHOUT BASIN TODAY...TONIGHT AND TUE...TILL IKE ENTERS SE GULF THROUGH NW TIP OF CUBA HEADING NW AS CAT 1 HURRICANE. WARM GULF WATERS AND FAVORABLE UPPER ENVIRONMENT MAKE IKE A CANDIDATE TO EVENTUALLY BECOME MAJOR HURRICANE AGAIN. WARNINGS ISSUED BY NHC UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT24/MIATCMAT4 PROVIDE DETAIL INFORMATION ON TRACK AND INTENSITY OF IKE. LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS HURRICANE IKE INTO SE GULF LATE TUE WITH HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COVERING MOST OF ERN HALF OF BASIN THROUGH WED NIGHT SPREADING W OF 90W THU AND FRI. SW N ATLC... EFFECTS OF HURCN IKE...PRESENTLY ENTERING CUBA NEAR HOLGUIN... STILL FELT S OF 28N WITH STRONG ELY WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS NOTED ALONG FLORIDA SE COAST. CONDITIONS SUBSIDING AS IKE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE INLAND CUBA TILL LATE TUE THEN ENTER GULF OF MEXICO. STRONG SE WIND DIMINISH THROUGH LATE THU WITH SEAS SUBSIDING LATE FRI. LIGHT TO MODERATE E-SE WINDS N OF 28N PRODUCED BY REBUILDING RIDGE SET UP ALONG 34N THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. A SURFACE TROUGH...REMNANTS OF JOSEPHINE...APPROACH 65W LATE FRI SHIFTING WINDS NE BUT REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS NRN CARIBBEAN AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES THROUGH CUBA TODAY THROUGH TUE...MAINLY N OF 19N W OF JAMAICA. ELSEWHERE...TRADE WINDS LIGHTER THAN USUAL AS PRES PATTERN REMAINS WEAK THROUGH TUE INCREASING TO MODERATE AS IKE MOVES AWAY AND ATLC RIDGE REBUILDS. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL WAVE PRESENTLY ALONG 64W CONTINUE SPREADING W AT 15 KT. WARNINGS... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY ATLANTIC... HURRICANE WARNING S OF 24N W OF 75W...AMZ080 CARIBBEAN... TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 19N FROM 75W TO 81W...AMZ082 AND AMZ086 GULF OF MEXICO... HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE AND WED... GMZ084 AND GMZ086 FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.