000 AGXX40 KNHC 251903 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 300 PM EDT WED AUG 25 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. WEAK TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE AND NW GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 1012 MB LOW NEAR 26N93W TO 27N95W. THE TROUGH WILL DRIFT SLOWLY W THROUGH THU WITH ACTIVE CONVECTION NEAR TROUGH AXIS AND NE WINDS TO 20 KT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. PRESSURE PATTERN ACROSS REMAINDER OF GULF OF MEXICO IS VERY WEAK WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. LOW PRES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THU NIGHT TIGHTENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT LATE THU THROUGH SAT WITH N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT NEAR THE MEXICAN COAST. ATLC RIDGE IN SW NORTH ATLANTIC WILL STEADILY WEAKEN THROUGH FRI. DEEP TROUGH ALONG EAST COAST EXTENDING TO NORTH FLORIDA CREATING 20-25 KT SW WINDS N OF 30N W OF 74W. COMBINATION OF WEAKER RIDGE AND FILLING TROUGH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. HURCN DANIELLE WILL MOVE THROUGH NE PART OF DISCUSSION AREA WITH WINDS APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM FORCE NEAR 65W SAT AND SUN. ELY TRADES IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL WEAKEN THU AND FRI AS THE ATLC RIDGE WEAKENS. WINDS INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE TONIGHT AND THU IN NE PORTION OF TROPICAL N ATLC AS DANIELLE PASSES THROUGH EXTREME NE PART OF THE AREA. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FCST AREA SAT. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .AMZ087....TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 20N E OF 58W TONIGHT AND THU. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER MUNDELL