000 AGXX40 KNHC 171923 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 PM 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. GULF OF MEXICO... CLAUDETTE...AS A TROPICAL STORM...MADE LANDFALL NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA AROUND 17/0600 UTC WITH WINDS OF 45 KT GUSTING TO 55 KT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE STILL AFFECTING THE N GULF WATERS N OF 28N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W. SE TO S WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT AND SEAS OF 8 FT ARE ALSO NOTED IN THIS AREA BUT ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE DEPRESSION WEAKENS AND CONTINUES ITS TRACK NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH ALABAMA. A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL INCREASE THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THEN DECREASE TUE AS THE WAVE MOVES W OF THE AREA. AS USUAL...NE WINDS OF 20 KT ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN COAST IN THE EVENINGS. DUE TO PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN CLAUDETTE AND HIGH PRES OVER THE CAROLINAS...E TO SE WINDS OF 20 KT ARE NOTED OVER THE E GULF INCLUDING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. A QSCAT PASS FROM AROUND 1200 UTC CONFIRMED THESE WINDS SPEEDS. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. CARIBBEAN SEA... TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA IS OVER THE NE CARIBBEAN NEAR 17.3N 66.2W AT 17/1200 UTC MOVING W-NW AT 24 KT. A CONTINUED TRACK IN THIS GENERAL DIRECTION...WITH A REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAX SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL INTENSITY FORECAST KEEPS ANA AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS... IT COULD DEGENERATE INTO A TROPICAL WAVE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. SO FAR...SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND...OVER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC... THIS EVENING THEN ANA OR THE REMNANTS OF ANA WILL MOVE JUST N AND PARALLEL TO THE N COAST OF CUBA WED THROUGH THU. OTHERWISE TYPICAL TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BEING ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE TRADES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WED RAISING SEAS TO 10 FT. TROPICAL N ATLC... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND SEAS GREATER THAN 12 FT ARE EXPECTED N OF 15N LATE TUE THROUGH THU AS HURRICANE BILL CROSSES THE AREA. AT 17/1200 UTC...HURRICANE BILL IS NEAR 14.1N 45.2W MOVING W-NW OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 KT. MAX SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 80 KT WITH GUSTS OF 100 KT. MEANWHILE...E AND NE SWELLS ARE AFFECTING THE REGION WITH SEAS IN THE 8 TO 12 FT RANGE N OF 15N. SW ATLC W OF 55W... A 1024 MB HIGH CENTERED NE OF BERMUDAS IS PRODUCING IN GENERAL E TO SE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KT. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME OVER THE FAR S PORTION OF THE AREA AS T.D. ANA MOVES ACROSS HISPANIOLA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE FORECAST REGION AS HURRICANE BILL BRUSHES THE AREA LATE THU INTO FRI. WARNINGS ATLC... ..HURRICANE WARNING N OF 15N TUE THROUGH WED...AMZ087. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE $$ FORECASTER GR