000 AGXX40 KNHC 231809 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 215 PM EDT WED JUN 23 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... HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER GULF STATES MAINTAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE E-SE BREEZE THROUGH WESTERN GULF. WINDS AND SEAS INCREASE OVER SE PART OF BASIN THROUGH THU AS CREST OF TROPICAL WAVE OVER NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN EXTEND N INTO STRAITS OF FLORIDA. WAVE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EMBEDDED LOW PRES CENTER 1009 MB...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...AND TRACK NW INTO CENTRAL GULF ZONE AND TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT OVER EASTERN HALF OF BASIN. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 76W EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 16N82W WITHIN NEXT 24-36 HRS AND TRACK NW ACROSS YUCATAN PASSAGE INTO GULF OF MEXICO. STRONG WIND AND HIGH SEAS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRES MOSTLY IN NE SEMICIRCLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE SE-S BREEZE S OF LOW PRES W OF 75W. SECOND TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 65W PRODUCING NUMEROUS TSTMS JUST S OF MONA CHANNEL TRACKS NW BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO HISPANIOLA TODAY AND TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED SQUALLS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS IN VICINITY OF HEAVY CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH WAVE MOSTLY W OF AXIS. THIRD TROPICAL WAVE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS ATLC APPROACHES 55W FRI WITH SUDDEN INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS OVER TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 18N. WAVE CREST TURNS NW WHILE BOTTOM OF WAVE CONTINUE W CROSSING EASTERN CARIBBEAN SAT AND INTO WESTERN CARIBBEAN SUN. SW N ATLC... ATLC RIDGE PREVAIL ALONG 31N THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD KEEPING MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE FLOW THROUGH BASIN N OF 25N. S OF 25N FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLIES PREVAIL AS NORTHERN EXTENT OF TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN CONTINUES TO MOVE W OVER GREATER ANTILLES FOLLOWED BY SECOND TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN CARIBBEAN WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW REACHING EASTERN BAHAMAS FRI. THIRD TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES SE PART OF BASIN WITH INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS SAT AND SUN. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES