000 AGXX40 KNHC 120853 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 400 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... LOW PRES REMNANT OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE OVER MIDDLE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 29N89W MOVE NW 10 KT AND INLANFD EARLY TODAY. NO CSIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NEAR CENTER OF SYSTEM. ELSEWHERE HIGH PRES RIDGE MAINTAINS LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZE OVER REMAINDER OF GULF. SW N ATLC... SURFACE RIDGE ALONG 30N MAINTAIN MODERATE E-SE BREEZE THROUGH MOST OF BASIN TONIGHT. RIDGE DRIFTS S AND WEAKENS WITH LIGHT SE BREEZE S OF 26N AND LIGHT S-SW WINDS N OF 26N THU THROUGH SAT. RIDGE SHIFTS FURTHER S SUN AS WEAK FRONT/TROUGH STALLS ENTERS BASINMON.. CARIBBEAN SEA... TWO TROPICAL WAVES CROSS CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC ZONES THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. NEITHER ONE HAS SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH TO INCREASE WINDS OR SEAS. ONLY SECOND WAVE MAY HAVE MINOR IMPACT INCREASING WINDS TO NEAR 20 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA SUN AND MON. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. .GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES