000 AGXX40 KNHC 130638 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 240 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 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 JUST SE OF LOUISIANA HAS A RIDGE EXTENDING W ALONG 29N INTO SE TEXAS. SE RETURN FLOW OF 15-20 KT CONTINUES OVER THE NW AND SW GULF WITH MAINLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ELSEWHERE. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN TODAY ALLOWING FOR A WEAK TROUGH TO MOVE OVER THE FAR NE GULF WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH MON. AS A RESULT SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL ALSO DIMINISH TO 10-15 KT. ATLC RIDGING WILL BUILD W ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS ALONG 27N/28N TUE AND WED THEN WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH ALONG 28/29N THU INTO FRI. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 15N ALONG 77W/78W IS MOVING W AROUND 12 KT AND THIS MOTION WILL ALLOW FOR THE WAVE TO REACH TO ALONG 81W/82W SUN NIGHT...THEN INLAND ALONG 84W MON NIGHT AND W INTO THE E PACIFIC THEREAFTER. EASTERLY TRADES OF 15-20 KT CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NEAR THE WAVE AND EXPECT THESE WINDS TO SHIFT W WITH THE WAVE MOTION...THEN 15-20 KT TRADES WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THU LONG AFTER THE WAVE MOVES W OF THE AREA AS AN ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND BUILDS JUST N OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE E-SE WINDS OF 20-25 KT IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT IN 18-24 HOURS...THEN WILL RETURN MON EVENING. A TROUGH IS S OF 11N ALONG 58W AND WILL MOVE W AND INLAND OVER S AMERICA LATER THIS MORNING. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE IS S OF 15N ALONG 40W AND BASED ON ITS MOTION DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS THE WAVE AXIS SHOULD MOVE TO ALONG 55W ON THU. SW N ATLC... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST E OF THE AREA NEAR 31N52W TO 29N55W TO 26N60W WITH A FRONTAL TROUGH TO 27N70W. THESE FEATURES WILL DISSIPATE LATE MON INTO TUE. A TROUGH IS OVER THE GULF STREAM ALONG 79W S OF 29N AND IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVING TOWARD SE FLORIDA. THIS TROUGH WILL BECOME ORIENTED ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST LATER THIS MORNING THEN WILL DISSIPATE BY THE EVENING AS AN ATLC RIDGE BUILDS S OF 31N. THE RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM 29N55W TO 27N65W TO 26N80W MON NIGHT AND WILL THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THU. MEANWHILE A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST AND WILL SKIRT ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS ALONG 30N/31N MON THROUGH THU. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER LEWITSKY