000 AGXX40 KNHC 040626 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 226 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 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: GFS BLEND. HIGH CONFIDENCE. SURFACE TROUGH LINGERING OVER THE NE WATERS WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE TODAY AS ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS GRADUALLY WESTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA INTO THE EASTERN GULF. STABLE BENIGN PATTERN OF WEAK HIGH PRES...LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUE. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLEND. HIGH CONFIDENCE. ASCAT SCATTEROMETER PASS AT 1500 UTC THU SHOWED SIZABLE AREA OF 30-34 KT WINDS NEAR THE NORTHERN COAST OF COLOMBIA CENTERED NEAR 12N75W ASSOCIATED WITH PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN ATLC HIGH PRES E OF THE BAHAMAS AND MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS PANAMA INTO LOW PRES IN NORTHERN COLOMBIA CENTERED NEAR 08N75W. FRESH TO STRONG TRADES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WITH WINDS PULSING TO NEAR GALE FORCE OFF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL REACH THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SATURDAY WITH MINIMAL EFFECT. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 49W S OF 21N WILL MOVE INTO TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS W OF 55W THIS EVENING...THEN WESTWARD ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SEA SAT THROUGH TUE. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GFS BLEND. HIGH CONFIDENCE. WINDS AND SEAS OVER NW WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY AS HURRICANE ARTHUR SPINS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION...REPLACED BY ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N THAT WILL GRADUALLY BUILD WESTWARD TO FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD SAT THROUGH TUE. NORTHERN PORTION OF TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 49W WILL REACH THE GREATER ANTILLLES EARLY SUN. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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.HURRICANE WARNINGS.GOV/MARINE $$ .FORECASTER MUNDELL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.