000 AGXX40 KNHC 281841 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 245 PM 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 STATIONARY FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM LOW PRES CENTER 1009 MB AT 29N92W TO 19N94W IN BAY OF CAMPECHE. FRESH TO STRONG SE-S BREEZE WITHIN 150 NM S OF LOW PRES AND E OF TROUGH. TROUGH DRIFT W INLAND COASTS OF TEXAS AND MEXICO SUN AS HIGH PRES FROM U.S. E COAST BUILDS SW ALONG 28N THROUGH WED WITH FRESH E BREEZE ACROSS S HALF OF BASIN WITH SEAS TO 5 FT. SW N ATLC... HIGH PRES RIDGE REMAIN N OF AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AS HURRICANE DANIELLE WEAKENS...TURN NE AND PULLS AWAY ALLOWING RIDGE TO REBUILD SWD TONIGHT THROUGH WED. NEAR STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS NEAR 30 FT WERE REPORTED EARLIER TODAY IN EASTERNMOST LONGITUDES OF ZONE AS DANIELLE SKIRTED 65W. CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY TONIGHT THROUGH MON AS DANIELLE PULLS FURTHER AWAY...HOWEVER 8-12 FT N TO NE SWELLS LINGER THROUGH TUE SPREADING W BAHAMAS. NEXT SYSTEM ON AGENDA IS PRESENT TROPICAL STORM EARL FORECAST TO APPROACH FAR SE CORNER OF BASIN LATE MON AS HURRICANE WITH WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO DANIELLE. LONG PERIOD E AND SE SWELLS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE INTO FAR SE PORTION MON IN ADVANCE OF EARL. EARL FORECAST TO TRACK NW THROUGH THU. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... WITH RIDGE CENTER SO FAR N...PRES GRADIENT REMAINS NEARLY FLAT WITH WEAK TRADES ACROSS BASIN. LIGHT TO MODERATE E-NE BREEZE ACROSS BASIN BUT SEAS MAY SEE LARGE NE SWELL SEEP THROUGH ATLC PASSAGES AS EARL CROSSES THROUGH TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE. HURRICANE IMPACTING TROPICAL N ATLC N OF 15N TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUE WHILE ANOTHER SYSTEM...ALSO POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE ...MOVES ACROSS 55W TUE. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .AMZ087...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 15N... .AMZ087...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 18N E OF 62W WED... .AMZ080...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 21N E OF 70W MON THROUGH WED... CARIBBEAN... .NONE GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER WALLY BARNES