000 AGXX40 KNHC 241855 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 255 PM EDT THU JUN 24 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... RIDGE OF HIGH PRES OVER GULF STATES IS MAINTAINING LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE WINDS OVER THE GULF. THE PRESENCE OF THE LIGHT WINDS ARE CONFIRMED BY A 1514 HIGH RESOLUTION ASCAT PASS. WINDS AND SEAS HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE SE PART OF THE BASIN TONIGHT AS A WIND SURGE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THIS TROPICAL WAVE WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS TONIGHT AND FRI...AND INTO THE E-CENTRAL GULF ON SAT WITH AN ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN WINDS S OF 26N SAT. PER NOON MEDIUM RANGE CONFERENCE CALL...LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL MOVE OFF YUCATAN LATE SUN AND BE NEAR 24N89W MON AND 25N90W TUE. THIS TRACK IS SOMEWHAT EAST OF ALL THE 12 UTC MODEL GUIDANCE NOW COMING IN AND WILL LIKELY BE ADJUSTED TO THE WEST. NONETHELESS WILL INCREASE WINDS AND SEAS ALONG THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE LOW WITH MAIN IMPACTS OVER THE NW AND CENTRAL GULF ZONES AT THIS TIME. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... A TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 81W WITH VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING AN AREA OF LOW PRES DEVELOPING NEAR 16N82W. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO TRACK NW ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN ZONE THROUGH SAT AND ACROSS THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT AND SUN. SEE ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK ON THIS SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SECTION ABOVE. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE WITH AXIS ACROSS HISPANIOLA WILL TRACK NW BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS HISPANIOLA AND PUERTO RICO TONIGHT...AND ACROSS E CUBA LATE FRI AND SAT. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL REACH THE N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND FRI BRINGING AN INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS OVER TROPICAL N ATLC...MAINLY N OF 14N. THE WAVE MOVES NW OF THE ZONE ON SAT WITH DECREASING WINDS AND SEAS SUN THROUGH TUE. SW N ATLC... ATLC RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ALONG 30N/31N THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD KEEPING LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE FLOW THROUGH THE BASIN N OF 25N. S OF 25N FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLIES PREVAIL AS THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 80W CONTINUES TO MOVE W OVER CUBA AND THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. THE BULK OF THE STRONGER TRADES WILL MOVE W OF THE AREA BY SAT. THIS WAVE WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER HISPANIOLA WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE W AND HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SW N ATLC. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 53W WILL TRACK THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS THROUGH SAT AND INTO THE SE PART OF BASIN SUN WITH AN INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS SUN AND MON. SW WINDS INCREASE N OF 28N W OF 75W AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE SE CONUS ON TUE. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER COBB