000 AGXX40 KNHC 180559 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2009 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WINDS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO HAVE COME DOWN AS CLAUDETTE HAS MOVED INLAND AND DISSIPATED...WITH WINDS GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AS A TROPICAL WAVE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ANA...MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE WAVE WILL TRACK WWD AND WEAKEN AS HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A COUPLE OF TROUGHS IN THE ATLC...ONE FROM 31N73W TO 23N80W THE OTHER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 26N66W TO HAITI. BOTH TROUGHS WILL DRIFT W AND WEAKEN. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OVER THE N PORTION OF THE AREA...WITH STRONGER WINDS...AROUND 20 TO AROUND 25 KT...S OF AROUND 24N AS A TROPICAL WAVE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ANA MOVES WWD ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS FROM HURRICANE BILL WILL WILL INCREASE OVER THE FAR E PORTION OF THE AREA LATE THU. THE HURRICANE WILL MOVE INTO THE NE ATLC ZONE LATE FRI AND INTO SAT. THEREFORE HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WILL BE HEADLINED. HURRICANE BILL IS FORECAST TO CROSS 55W...NEAR 18.1N 55.3W...BY EARLY WED AND THU WITH WINDS OF 105 KT GUSTS TO 130 KT. THE HURRICANE WILL BE JUST TO THE N OF THE AREA BY THU EVENING... HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL LINGER OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THU NIGHT. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ANA...NOW A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 71W MOVING W AT 20 KT. THE WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK W INTO THE WESTERN CARRIBEAN TONIGHT THEN W OF THE AREA LATE WED. WARNINGS ATLC... HURRICANE WARNING N OF 15N TUE THROUGH WED...AMZ087. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE $$ FORECASTER DGS