000 AGXX40 KNHC 170551 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IS MAKING LAND FALL IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH WINDS OF 45 KT GUSTING TO 55 KT. CLAUDETTE WILL MOVE INLAND THIS MORNING AND WINDS WILL BE BELOW TROPICAL FORCE LATER THIS MORNING. TROPICAL WAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL INCREASE THE WINDS TODAY THEN DECREASE TUE AS THE WAVE MOVES W OF THE AREA. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AN INVERTED TROUGH IN THE ATLC FROM 31N66W TO 27N70W WILL MOVE W TOWARD FLORIDA BY MID WEEK. WINDS ARE GENERALLY 10-15 KT ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME OVER THE FAR S PORTION OF THE AREA T.D. ANA MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND THEN AS A REMNANT LOW EARLY THU. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA AS TROPICAL STORM BILL MOVES JUST E OF THE AREA AS A HURRICANE LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN TODAY THEN WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW AND MOVE INLAND OVER HISPANIOLA AND ALONG THE N COAST OF CUBA TUE NIGHT. OTHERWISE TYPICAL TRADES ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BEING ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. WARNINGS ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 29N E OF 87W EARLY TODAY...GMZ084 AND GMZ086 $$ FORECASTER DGS