000 AGXX40 KNHC 150519 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 130 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2009 GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM SW LA TO NEAR 27N97W. THE FRONT WEAKENS AND DRIFTS E THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. EXPECT WINDS EITHER SIDE OF FRONT TO PULSE TO 15 KT MAX AND LIKELY HAVE SCATTERED DAYTIME TSTMS BECOMING ISOLATED LATE NIGHT. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF. STATIONARY FRONT EEXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO A WEAK 1012 MB LOW NEAR 29N72W WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW SW ACROSS THE CENTRAL 24N80W. THE LOW WILL DRIFT NE ALONG THE FRONT AND CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH WED EXCEPT THAT THE FRONTAL PORTION S OF THE LOW WILL MOVE SE AND STALL OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED. THE RIDGE E OF THE FRONT WILL BUILD W ON THU PUSHING WHATEVER REMAINS OF THE FRONTAL TROUGH W AND ACROSS THE FL E COAST THU NIGHT. AN INVERTED TROUGH MOVES INTO THE E PORTION S OF THE RIDGE FRI INTO SAT. CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE S OF 15N ALONG 66W IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TUE AND WED AND THROUGH THE SW CARIBBEAN THU. THE ATLC RIDGE TO THE N WILL SHIFT E ALLOWING A BROAD TROUGH TO SET UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TONIGHT INTO MID WEEK THUS RELAXING THE ELY TRADES S OF 23N. SOME 20 KT WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA...OTHERWISE ELY WINDS ARE MOSTLY 15 KT OR LESS ACROSS THE AREA. REMNANTS OF TC FRED WILL MOVE TO NEAR 19N52W WED THEN FURTHER WEAKEN TO A OPEN TROUGH ALONG 60W THU AND BE N OF AREA BY FRI. WARNINGS ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE $$ FORECASTER DGS