000 AGXX40 KNHC 050625 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 225 AM EDT THU AUG 05 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... AN E-W RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGH PRES CENTERS OCCASIONALLY FORMING ALONG THE RIDGE AXIS MAINLY OVER THE NW GULF WATERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A BROAD INVERTED TROUGH TEMPORALLY DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS SEPARATING THE HIGH PRES CENTER FROM THE ATLC RIDGE TO THE E. THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE SE AND S CENTRAL WATERS FRI AND SAT AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN. EXPECTING MOSTLY 5 TO 10 KT AND SEAS 1 TO 2 FT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...EXCEPT NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT ENHANCED ALONG NW YUCATAN COAST AND E BAY OF CAMPECHE DURING EVENINGS BUILDING TO 3 FT SEAS IN BAY OF CAMPECHE TILL ABOUT MIDNIGHT EACH NIGHT. SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL N ATLC... AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 31N55W. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN HAVE REDEVELOPED INTO A LOW PRES NEAR 19N62W WITH MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE SEMICIRCLE. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NW TO NEAR 23N66W LATE TODAY...AND NEAR 27N68W LATE FRI WITH THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT E OF THE CENTER. THE LOW SHOULD MOVE N OF AREA SAT NIGHT TO THE SW OF BERMUDA. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE HAS BEEN REPOSITIONED ALONG 26W AT 00Z SO NOW EXPECT THIS WAVE TO REACH ALONG 55W MON AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THIS WAVE WILL SPAWN ANOTHER TROPICAL LOW...BUT ITS NW TRACK WILL REMAIN WELL E OF 55W. CARIBBEAN SEA... A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 76W WILL MOVE W TO ALONG 82W FRI AND THROUGH GULF OF HONDURAS FRI NIGHT. AS THE COLIN REMNANT LOW PASSES TO THE NW OF AREA...THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE TROPICS WILL DIMINISH SUPPORTING 15 KT TRADES TONIGHT...TILL LATE IN THE WEEKEND WHEN 15 TO 20 KT EASTERLIES RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN WATERS ALONG THE COAST OF S AMERICA. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...GALE WARNING N OF 22N E OF 67W... CARIBBEAN... .NONE. .GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER NELSON