000 AGXX40 KNHC 280730 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM EDT SAT AUG 28 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM SE LOUISIANA SW TO A WEAK 1009 MB LOW NEAR 28N93W...AND EXTENDS TO SSW TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 20N96W. WINDS W OF THE TROUGH HAVE DIMINISHED TO 10-15 KT ACCORDING TO LATEST BUOY REPORTS. HOWEVER...WITHIN ABOUT 150 NM E AND SE OF THE LOW AND TROUGH WINDS ARE E TO SE 15-20 KT BASED ON BUOY REPORTS AND ON A PARTIAL ASCAT PASS FROM 0342 UTC. THE TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE W TO INLAND THE THE COASTS OF TEXAS AND MEXICO TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES FROM THE U.S. EAST COAST BUILDS SW ACROSS THE NE PART THROUGH TONIGHT...AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED INCREASING E WINDS ACROSS THESE AREAS TO 15-20 KT...WITH SEAS EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 5 FT. SW N ATLC... HIGH RIDGING WILL REMAIN N OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS HURRICANE DANIELLE E OF AREA NEAR 28.1N 60.6W AT 0300 UTC MOVING NNW AT 9 KT...BEGINS TO TURN NE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A PARTIAL ASCAT PASS FROM 0200 UTC LATS NIGHT SHOWED A LARGE SWATH OF NW TO N 25-30 KT WINDS N OF 26N AND E OF 66W. BUOY 41049 E OF AREA NEAR 27N63W IS CURRENTLY REPORTING NW 31 KT WINDS WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 19 FT IN A N SWELL. THESE WIND CONDITIONS OVER THE FAR NE PORTION WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUN AS DANIELLE PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA...HOWEVER THE MAIN CONCERN WILL STILL BE LINGERING N TO NE SWELLS OF 8-11 FT INTO MON WHILE SPREADING W TO VICINITY OF THE NW BAHAMAS. JUST AS ONE HURRICANE TURNS AWAY...ANOTHER ONE (EARL) IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE FAR SE CORNER OF THE BASIN LATE MON WITH SIMILAR WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS...MAINLY E OF BAHAMAS. PER LATEST NHC ADVISORY ISSUED AT 0300 UTC...EARLY IS FORECAST TO TRACK NW ACROSS THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SW N ATLC THROUGH WED WHILE INTENSIFYING...WHILE A STRONG RIDGE BUILDS S ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN WATERS INCREASING PRES GRADIENT THERE ALLOWING FOR NE-E WINDS OF 15-20 KT MON THROUGH WED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... WEAK PRES DUE TO LACK OF PRONOUNCED ATLC RIDGING TO THE N WILL ALLOW FOR GENERALLY WEAK TRADES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GULF OF HONDURAS AND NEARBY AREA FROM 14N TO 18N W OF 84W WHERE E 20 KT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MON. TROPICAL STORM EARLY CURRENTLY E OF AREA NEAR 16.0N 47.9W AT 0300 UTC IS MOVING WNW AT 17 KT. ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK ...EARL IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE AND CROSS INTO THE EASTERN TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE SUN MORNING. EARL WILL THEN TRACK NW THROUGH THE W AND NW PORTIONS OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC THROUGH EARLY TUE WITH WINDS AND SEA CONDITIONS DETERIORATING. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES