000 AGXX40 KNHC 181745 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 145 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...AND THE SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS. ...GULF OF MEXICO... MODEL PREFERENCE: PREVIOUS FORECAST BLENDED WITH LATEST GFS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. WEAK TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR 27N930 TO BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE WESTWARD TO INLAND NE MEXICO AND FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS MON NIGHT. DISSSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM SE LOUISIANA TO 24N97W WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TOSAY. OTHERWISE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH WINDS 15 KT OR LESS. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...MODEL PREFERENCE: PREVIOUS FORECAST BLENDED WITH LATEST GFS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 79W WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD BECOMING DIFFUSE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN LATER TODAY. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE JUST E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN TODAY AND MON...AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TUE AND WED BEFORE ENTERING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN ON THU. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 20 KT OR LESS WITH SEAS 6 FT OR LESS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: PREVIOUS FORECAST BLENDED WITH LATEST GFS WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE OVER EASTERN CUBA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 61W WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE ATLC WATERS S OF 21N THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH PRES RIDGE FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL LIFT TO JUST N OF THE AREA WED. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... GMZ011...NONE. GMZ013...NONE. GMZ015...NONE. GMZ017...NONE. GMZ019...NONE. GMZ021...NONE. GMZ023...NONE. GMZ025...NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... AMZ011...NONE. AMZ013...NONE. AMZ015...NONE. AMZ017...NONE. AMZ019...NONE. AMZ021...NONE. AMZ023...NONE. AMZ025...NONE. AMZ027...NONE. AMZ029...NONE. AMZ031...NONE. AMZ033...NONE. AMZ035...NONE. AMZ037...NONE. AMZ039...NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... AMZ111...NONE. AMZ113...NONE. AMZ115...NONE. AMZ117...NONE. AMZ119...NONE. AMZ121...NONE. AMZ123...NONE. AMZ125...NONE. AMZ127...NONE. *FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE VISIT: HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTAFBPROD.SHTML#OWF NOTE: GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) AT: HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/MARINE/GRIDS.PHP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ .FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.