000 AGXX40 KNHC 081719 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 PM 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... HURCN IKE IS MAIN CONCERN DURING FORECAST PERIOD. IKE JUST SOUTH OF CUBA TONIGHT WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS CUBA TUE AND INTO THE THE GULF TUE AFT AS A CAT 1 HURRICANE. IKE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NW ACROSS THE GULF WED THROUGH FRI. 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. WEAK RIDGE OVER SERN CONUS IS ONLY OTHER FEATURE PRESENT IN GULF OF MEXICO. THE RIDGE KEEP MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS THROUGHOUT BASIN THROUGH EARLY TUE... TILL IKE ENTERS SE GULF. SW N ATLC... EFFECTS OF HURCN IKE...PRESENTLY JUST SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL CUBA NEAR CAMAGUEY...STILL FELT S OF 27N WITH STRONG ELY WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS NOTED ALONG FLORIDA SE COAST. CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE AS IKE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVE WEST INTO 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 27N PRODUCED BY REBUILDING RIDGE SET UP ALONG 34N THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. A SURFACE TROUGH...REMNANTS OF JOSEPHINE...WILL APPROACH 65W FRI SHIFTING WINDS NE. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NRN CARIBBEAN AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES THROUGH CUBA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUE...MAINLY N OF 19N W OF JAMAICA. ELSEWHERE...TRADE WINDS LIGHTER THAN USUAL AS THE PRES PATTERN REMAINS WEAK THROUGH TUE INCREASING TO MODERATE AS IKE MOVES AWAY AND ATLC RIDGE REBUILDS. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE PRESENTLY ALONG 70W WILL CONTINUE SPREADING W AT 15 KT. WARNINGS... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY ATLANTIC... HURRICANE WARNING S OF 24N W OF 76W...AMZ080. CARIBBEAN... HURRICANE WARNING N OF 19N E OF 85W...AMZ082. GULF OF MEXICO... HURRICANE WARNING S OF 26N E OF 85W...GMZ086. FORECASTER DGS/RJO. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.