000 AGXX40 KNHC 191747 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GULF OF MEXICO... 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 OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO THE SW GULF LATTER TODAY AND MOVE INTO EASTERN MEXICO ON MON NIGHT. THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN WINDS OVER THE SW GULF THROUGH WED...THEN DECREASE THU. THE GFS DEVELOPS A WEAK LOW OVER THE SW GULF RESULTING IN INCREASING WINDS E OF THE LOW TO 90W. THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF THE FORECAST PERIODS SO WILL USE BROAD BRUSH WORDING. SW N ATLC... RIDGE OF HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL ALONG 27N FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE N PART OF THE AREA SPREADING W TO E THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES N OF THE AREA TIGHTENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REMAINDER OF AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING THAT SE WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W... THE TROPICAL WAVE THAT WAS OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN HAS MOVED W OF THE AREA AND IS CURRENTLY OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. HOWEVER 20 KT ELY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT BY TUE. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE E CARIBBEAN ALONG 63W/64W. THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE W REACHING THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON THEN MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN TUE THROUGH WED THEN MOVE W OF THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC WED AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THU. THE COMBINATION OF THE TROPICAL WAVES AND A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT OVER THE CARIBBEAN WILL BRING 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 DGS