000 AGXX40 KNHC 121801 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM 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... HIGH PRES IS BUILDING OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF 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 W OF THE TROPICAL ATLC NEAR 20.7N 67.3W 1005 MB AT 1500 UTC MOVING NW AT 8 KT. A SMALL AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LINGER OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC N OF 20N W OF 64W AND EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SEE WTNT24 KNHC/TCMAT4 FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON MARIA. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE NW CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF HONDURAS ALONG 87W WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL ENTER THE TROPICAL N ATLC LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOVING W-NW TO ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TUE NIGHT THEN ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE E CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT. THE WAVE WEAKENS WAVE AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE W. SOUTHWEST N ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS IN THE FAR SE PORTION NEAR 20.7N 67.3W 1005 MB AT 1500 UTC MOVING NW AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. MARIA IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO 21.1 68.1W THIS EVENING TO NEAR 22.6N 69.2W TUE...24.5N 69.7W TUE EVENING THEN TO 26.5N 69.9W WED THEN N OF THE AREA 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. 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 64W. SW N ATLC... .AMZ080...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 27N E OF 71W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORECASTER DGS