000 AGXX40 KNHC 120634 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 230 AM EDT MON SEP 12 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... THE REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL CYCLONE NATE HAVE DISSIPATED OVER MEXICO. 1020 MB HIGH PRES IS OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF WATERS NEAR 29N91W WITH RIDGING ALONG 29N. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND TRANQUIL SEAS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEK AS THIS HIGH REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY IN THE NW CARIBBEAN WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT THEN THROUGH THE SW GULF TUE NIGHT DISSIPATING OVER MEXICO WED. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS NOW NW OF THE TROPICAL ATLC NEAR 20.2N 65.9W 1005 MB AT 0300 UTC MOVING W-NW AT 9 KT. A SMALL AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC...ALTHOUGH THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO EXIT AS WELL BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEXT ADVISORY. IF SO... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ABLE TO BE DROPPED. AN UPDATE WILL FOLLOW AROUND 0900 UTC TO REFER TO THIS. SEE WTNT24 KNHC/TCMAT4 FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON MARIA. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE NW CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF HONDURAS ALONG 85W WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT. THIS WAVE EXTENDS S ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA AND IS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS. A RECENT 0238 UTC ASCAT PASS INDICATED ONLY 10-15 KT WINDS WITH THIS WAVE AND NEARBY BUOY OBSERVATIONS REPORT SEAS TO 5 FT E OF THE WAVE. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL ENTER THE TROPICAL N ATLC THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOVING W-NW TO ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TUE NIGHT...THEN ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE E CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT. THEREAFTER MODEL GUIDANCE DEPICTS A WEAKENING WAVE BECOMING LESS DEFINED. OTHERWISE...A PULSE OF 20 KT WINDS AND SEAS OF 8-9 FT IN E SWELL IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TROPICAL N ATLC LATE THU AND FRI. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... TROPICAL STORM MARIA HAS ENTERED THE FAR SE PORTION NEAR 20.2N 65.9W 1005 MB AT 0300 UTC MOVING W-NW AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT. MARIA IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO 22.5N 68.2W THIS EVENING...23.7N 69.2W TUE MORNING...25.5N 69.2W TUE EVENING...THEN N OF THE AREA TO 31.5N 68.2W WED EVENING AS IT STRENGTHENS TO A MINIMAL HURRICANE. THE LATEST ADVISORY STILL HAS 64 KT WINDS OVER A PORTION OF THE NE WATERS SO WILL MAINTAIN HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WORDING FOR NOW. 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. OTHERWISE...A TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE E PORTION OF THE AREA ON THU AND FRI IN THE WAKE OF MARIA. WARNINGS... GULF OF MEXICO... .NONE. CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC... .AMZ087...TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 20N W OF 63W. SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 28N E OF 71W. .AMZ080...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 28N E OF 70W WED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER LEWITSKY