000 AGXX40 KNHC 190609 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 210 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GULF OF MEXICO... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH TUE. THE RIDGE WILL THEN SHIFT N OF THE AREA BY TUE NIGHT. SE TO S RETURN FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FAR NW GULF THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE SW GULF TODAY...AND MOVE INTO EASTERN MEXICO ON MON NIGHT. THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN WINDS OVER THE SW GULF THROUGH WED. SW N ATLC... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL ALONG 27N FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL FRESHEN OVER THE N PART OF THE AREA SPREADING W TO E THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES N OF THE AREA INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. OTHERWISE GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... THE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN HAS MOVED WEST OF THE AREA AND IS CURRENTLY OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE IS JUST ENTERING THE E CARIBBEAN. THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE WESTWARD REACHING THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN TUESDAY THROUGH WED. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL REACH THE TROPICAL N ATLC WED AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THU. THE COMBINATION OF THE TROPICAL WAVES AND A TIGHT BACKGROUND PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CARIBBEAN WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WARNINGS... ATLC... .NONE. CARIBBEAN... .NONE. GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER AL