000 AGXX40 KNHC 111811 CCA MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 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 IS NEAR 20.4N 96.8W 1005 MB AT 1000 AM CDT MOVING W AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 409 KT GUSTS 50 KT. NATE SHOULD MOVE INLAND LATER TODAY AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE FAR SW GULF WILL DECREASE THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK TROUGH OVER THE NE GULF WILL DISSIPATE BY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS JUST E OF THE AREA AT 19.0N 64.6W AT 1500 UTC. MARIA IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO 20.1N 65.6W THIS EVENING WITH WINDS 55 KT GUST TO 65W THEN TO 21.1N 66.9W MON AND NEAR 22.9N 69.1W TUE THEN STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE NEAR 27.5N 69.7W WED WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 65 KT GUST TO 80 KT, MARIA WILL MOVE N OF THE AREA BY THU. LARGE SWELLS WILL LINGER OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA THU THEN SUBSIDE TO LESS THEN 8 FT ON FRI. SEE WTNT24 KNHC/TCMAT4 FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON MARIA. A TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE E PORTION OF THE AREA ON THU IN THE WAKE OF MARIA. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR NEAR 19.0N 64.6W 1007 MB AT 1500 UTC MOVING WNW AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. MARIA IS FORECAST MOVE JUST W THE TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE NEAR 20.1N 65.6W THIS EVENING. TRAILING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL THEN EXIT THE AREA MON MORNING. SEE WTNT24 KNHC/TCMAT4 FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON MARIA. ELSEWHERE A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 83W WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF HONDURAS TONIGHT MOVING ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MON NIGHT. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL ENTER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS MON AND MON NIGHT APPROACHING THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TUE NIGHT THEN MOVING THROUGH THE E CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ082...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 21N W OF 95W. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .AMZ087...TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 19N W OF 62W. SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 26N E OF 70W .AMZ080...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 27N E OF 72W TUE NIGHT AND WED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS