000 AGXX40 KNHC 140548 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WINDS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE ASSOCIATED WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT IS BEING INDUCED BY A SURFACE TROUGH FROM THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA TO 26N90W TO CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. BUOYS ARE REPORTING MAINLY 1-2 FT SEAS ACROSS THE AREA. A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SAT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE WINDS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE ATLC ALONG 29N/30N. THE N PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS HISPANOLA BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AND INCREASED ELY WINDS S OF 23N BETWEEN 67W-72W. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD WWD AS THE WAVE TRACKS TO THE W. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2...WILL APPROACH THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY FROM HISPANIOLA TO NW VENEZUALA MOVING W 20-25 KT. ELY WINDS 20-25 KT ARE E OF THE WAVE AND ALSO IN THE NORMAL LOCATION NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE WAVE WILL MOVE W OF THE AREA BY SAT. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE OF SUN. WARNINGS ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. $$ FORECASTER DGS