000 AGXX40 KNHC 100733 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM EDT SAT SEP 10 2011 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W. GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL STORM NATE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS MORNING...NEAR 20.1N 93.2W...OR ABOUT 300 KM ENE OF VERACRUZ MEXICO WITH A PRES AROUND 998 MB. WINDS ARE 45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT. CONVECTION REMAINS FAIRLY SPARSE...AND NATE IS NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH LATE SUN BEFORE GOING INLAND N OF VERACRUZ CITY. SEAS GREATER THAN 8 FT WITH HIGHEST SEAS TO 22 FT ARE LIKELY S OF 22N THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND...WITH WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISHING RAPIDLY MON. SEE WTNT25 KNHC/TCMAT5 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM NATE. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS WILL DOMINATE THE GULF...WITH WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF MON AND TUE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS CENTERED NEAR 15.1N 59.5W THIS MORNING MOVING WNW AT 12 KT WITH A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 1006 MB. WINDS ARE 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. MARIA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH 48 HOURS AS IT BRUSHES THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND MIGRATES TO THE N OF PUERTO RICO. STRONG CONVECTION IS NOTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARIA CURRENTLY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE THROUGH LATE SUN AS MARIA MIGRATES NW. SEE WTNT24 KNHC/TCMAT4 FOR LATEST DETAILS. ELSEWHERE OVER THE CARIBBEAN A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 77W WILL MIGRATE W INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN. SCATTERED CONVECTION PERSISTS AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE WAVE. WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT HOWEVER OUTSIDE OF THE NE CARIBBEAN...WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK UNTIL A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE MIGRATES W OF 55W BY MON BRINGING A NEW ROUND OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 KT TO THE AREA NE OF THE LEEWARDS. SW ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... A TROUGH ALONG 75W...ACTUALLY THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN...WILL MIGRATE NW THROUGH THE BAHAMAS TODAY...SOUTH OF A RIDGE ALONG 28N. MODERATE SE WINDS ARE NOTED N OF HISPANIOLA ON THE SE SIDE OF THE TROUGH. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WATERS N OF THE PUERTO RICO TODAY AHEAD OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA. WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL COMMENCE BY TONIGHT N OF PUERTO RICO...WITH MARIA INTENSIFYING TO HURRICANE STRENGTH BY LATE MON NEAR 23.5N 70.0W. MARIA WILL MOVE TO 27.5N 71.0W BY LATE TUE...THEN N OF THE AREA WED. E SWELL RELATED TO MARIA CAN BE EXPECTED MON AND TUE IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS AND N COAST OF FLORIDA. SEE WTNT24 KNHC/TCMAT4 FOR LATEST DETAILS ON MARIA. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 23N W OF 90W. CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC... .AMZ086...TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 15N E OF 67W. .AMZ087...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 14N-21N. SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 22N E OF 67W TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 28N E OF 75W SUN THROUGH TUE...THEN N OF 27N E OF 73W WED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN