000 AGXX40 KNHC 120654 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W GULF OF MEXICO... 1019 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED IN THE FAR NE GULF NEAR 29N84W HAS A RIDGE EXTENDING W ALONG 30N. SE RETURN FLOW OF 15-20 KT CONTINUES ALONG THE SW PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE IN THE SW AND NW GULF ZONES. THE HIGH CENTER IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SLOWLY W REACHING A POSITION OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA SUN NIGHT-MON. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE FAR NE GULF WATERS SUN AND SUN NIGHT THEN WILL MOVE E OF FLORIDA BY LATE MON NIGHT. AN ATLC RIDGE WILL BUILD W ACROSS THE GULF ALONG 29-30N TUE AND WED WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10-15 KT OVER THE W GULF...AND GENERALLY VARIABLE 5-10 KT OVER THE N CENTRAL AND E WATERS. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 14N ALONG ROUGHLY 73W IS MOVING W AROUND 15 KT. THE WAVE WILL REACH ALONG 79W TONIGHT...84W SUN NIGHT...THEN WILL MOVE W INTO THE E PACIFIC MON NIGHT. EASTERLY TRADES CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED TO 15-20 KT IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NEAR THE WAVE AND EXPECT THESE WINDS TO SHIFT W WITH THE WAVE MOTION...WITH 15-20 KT PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST WED LONG AFTER THE WAVE MOVES W OF THE BASIN AS ATLC HIGH PRES N OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS BUILDS SOUTHWARD. ANOTHER WAVE IS S OF 11N ALONG 55W WILL MOVE W TO ALONG 61W TONIGHT...THEN ALONG 65W SUN NIGHT WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE WAVE REMAINS INLAND OVER NORTHERN S AMERICA. A THIRD WAVE IS S OF 13N ALONG 36W...AND SHOULD REACH ALONG 55W AROUND SUNRISE WED. SW N ATLC... A FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM 31N56W TO 29N65W TO 29N73W TO 26N78W WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS A RIDGE EXTENDING ALONG 25N/26N...STEMMING FROM 1020 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 26N67W ...WILL BECOME ABSORBED INTO A STRONGER HIGH THAT WILL BUILD S OF 31N TO 30N62W BY EARLY MON WHILE A RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND W ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. MEANWHILE S-SW FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE FAR NW WATERS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST MON NIGHT. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SOLUTIONS SUGGEST THAT THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE BERMUDA AREA TUE NIGHT INTO EARLY WED THEN WILL DROP S OF 31N AND WILL EXTEND FROM 31N60W TO 29N70W WED EVENING WHERE IT WILL STALL OUT AND DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT FRONTAL TROUGH BY EARLY THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER LEWITSKY