000 AGXX40 KNHC 061801 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 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 TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 89W WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE W. A LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 23N92W. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NW TO 27N94W THU AND INLAND THU NIGHT. THE LOW HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHERWISE THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE WAVE AND RIDGE TO THE E WILL REMAIN TIGHT WITH STRONG SE WINDS...20-25 KT...WILL BE E OF 90W. AS THE LOW/WAVE MOVES W WITH STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL ALSO SHIFT W LATE WED INTO THU. WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE FROM E TO W...WITH WINDS 10-15 KT BY FRI AND SAT AND MOSTLY 10 KT OR LESS ON SUN. WEAK ATLC TROUGH WITH AXIS FROM 29N76W TO 25N73W WILL MOVE TO 32N68W 27N77W WED NIGHT THEN N OF THE AREA THU. GFS DEVELOPS A LOW ALONG THE TROUGH AND THEREFORE INCREASES THE WINDS E OF THE TROUGH...HOWEVER OTHER MODELS DO NOT SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS. RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA FRI THEN MOVES E AS A WEAK FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. ON SUN. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG THE COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING 20-25 KT SE WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DECREASE BY WED NIGHT AS THE TROPICAL WAVE MOVES W INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 67W CURRENTLY HAS LITTLE CONVECTION OR WIND ASSOCIATED WITH IT...AND IT IS FORECAST TO REMAIN RELATIVELY QUIET AS IT CONTINUES W THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU. MEANWHILE...THE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 53W/54W IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WIND SURGE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE BY THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN WED THROUGH FRI. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS