000 AGXX40 KNHC 030601 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SUN OCT 03 2010 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. NLY WINDS ARE INCREASING OVER THE NW GULF AS HIGH PRES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STRAIGHTENS. BUOYS INDICATE NE WINDS 15-20 KT ACROSS THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE GULF. THE NE 15-20 KT WINDS WILL EXPAND ACROSS MOST THE GULF BY TONIGHT AS THE RIDGE BUILDS S. WINDS EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVER THE NW GULF TUE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS CONFINED TO THE EASTERN GULF BY WED AND ACROSS THE SE GULF BY THU. ATLC SURFACE TROUGH FROM 31N72W TO EASTERN CUBA REMAINS STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY MON THEN GETS REINFORCED BY COLD FRONT OFF EASTERN U.S. COAST LATE MON AND MERGE AND MOVES TO 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE AND FROM 31N70W TO E CUBA WED AND FROM 31N67W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE THU. NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BEHIND THE FRONT TUE THROUGH THU. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS E OF THE FRONT. TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WITH A LOW PRES FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WAVE SE OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT. THE LOW AND WAVE WILL TRACK W AND WITH THE LOW JUST S OF PUERTO RICO EARLY MON AND SE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TUE. THE WAVE WILL DISSIPATE THU AS A STRONG SURGE OF NLY WINDS MOVES INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. NLY WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20-25 KT THU W OF 81W. WARNINGS... SW N ATLC... .NONE CARIBBEAN... .NONE. TROPICAL N ATLC... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS