000 AGXX40 KNHC 210550 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 150 AM EDT THU AUG 21 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: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL WHICH WAS HEAVY GFS. NWPS USED FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. HIGH CONFIDENCE TILL SUN...THEN LOW CONFIDENCE ON MON. A RIDGE EXTENDS FROM FL BAY TO THE MS DELTA WITH A HIGH PRES CENTER ALONG THE RIDGE NEAR 28N87W. THE HIGH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NW ALONG THE RIDGE TO THE N-CENTRAL GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT FURTHER NW OVER INTERIOR LA ON FRI...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SE TO THE SE GULF WATERS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT SE ALONG THE RIDGE AND BACK OVER THE NE GULF OVER THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE RIDGE BECOMES ORIENTATED FROM SW LA TO FL BAY. VARIABLE 5-10 KT WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE NE GULF WATERS TILL FRI WHEN THEY BECOME NE AT 5-10 KT. THE LIGHT AND VARIABLE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON FRI NIGHT AND SAT...THEN BECOME NE ACROSS THE NE GULF WATERS AGAIN EARLY MON. BY THEN THE GRADIENT MAY BE TIGHTENING AS A TROPICAL LOW...POSSIBLY A TROPICAL CYCLONE... CONTINUES NW THROUGH THE BAHAMAS. EXPECT SE-S 15-20 KT RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE W-CENTRAL AND NW WATERS AROUND THE W PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING TO 10-15 KT LATER TODAY AND THEN BECOMING 5-10 KT DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...AND 10-15 KT DURING THE OVER NIGHT HOURS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. S OF 23N...EXPECT AN EVENING ENHANCEMENT OF 15-20 KT NE WINDS ALONG THE W COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EACH EVENING SETTING UP AN INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THE TROUGH WILL SHIFT W ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE DURING EACH MORNING...AND LOSE IDENTITY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL WHICH WAS HEAVY GFS. NWPS USED FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. MED CONFIDENCE W PORTION...LOW CONFIDENCE E PORTION. FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG EASTERLY TRADES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE S-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY FRI. THE TROPICAL LOW PRES NEAR 12.5N54.5W HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...PARTIALLY DUE TO AN EASTERLY WAVE MERGING WITH THE CIRCULATION. NHC GUIDANCE FAVORS THE LOW TRACKING NORTHWESTERLY...WITH GOOD POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION. EVEN IF THE LOW DOES NOT DEVELOP SIGNIFICANTLY...THERE IS STRONG GRADIENT NE OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION...ROUGHLY FROM 14-23N BETWEEN 50-60W...WHERE E 20-25 KT WINDS ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTED. EXPECT THE GRADIENT TO GRADUALLY TIGHTEN TONIGHT INTO FRI SUPPORTING AN INCREASE TO AT LEAST 20-30 KT BY LATE FRI. RECON WILL INVESTIGATE THE AREA TODAY AND GET A BETTER HANDLE OF THE AFFECTED AREA. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY OF A MINIMUM GALE BEING POSTED OVER THE N...OR NE...SEMICIRCLE EVEN IF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION DOES NOT OCCUR. FOR NOW...A WEAK SURFACE LOW CENTER WILL BE OVER THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS NEAR 14N55W AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING...NEAR 15N61W AT SUNSET TODAY...NEAR 16N65W AT SUNRISE FRI...NEAR THE MONA PASSAGE AT SUNSET FRI...OVER HISPANIOLA AT SUNRISE SAT...NEAR THE WINDWARD PASSAGE AT SUNSET SAT...WITH THE LOW THEN MOVING NW THROUGH THE BAHAMA CHAIN THROUGH MON NIGHT. EXACT TRACK AND INTERACTION WITH THE LARGER ISLANDS WILL OF COURSE PLAY A MAJOR PART IN THE ORGANIZATION OR WEAKENING OF THIS TROPICAL LOW...AND MARINERS SHOULD EXPECT FREQUENT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE NDFD GRIDS... TEXT AND MARINE GRAPHICS OVER THE NEXT WEEK. IN ANY EVENT EXPECT AT LEAST FRESH TO STRONG WINDS WITHIN 540 NM N AND NE OF THESE ESTIMATED POSITIONS. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL WHICH WAS MOSTLY GFS. NWPS USED FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. LOW-MED CONFIDENCE DUE TO TROPICAL LOW. PLEASE ALSO REFER TO CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC SECTION FOR DETAILS ON THE TROPICAL LOW. A RIDGE WILL MEANDER FROM 30N55W TO CENTRAL FL THROUGH SAT THEN BEGIN TO RETRACT E AS A TROPICAL LOW MOVES OUT OF THE N-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN INTO THE S-CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION AREA. EXPECTING SW 10-15 KT CONDITIONS N OF THE RIDGE TODAY...THEN DIMINISHING TO 5-10 KT ON FRI. EASTERLY TRADES FROM THE RIDGE AXIS S TO ALONG 25N ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INITIALLY AT 5-10 KT. TO THE S OF 25N MODERATE 10-15 KT TRADES ARE EXPECTED W OF 65W...EXCEPT FOR 15-20 KT CONDITIONS ALONG THE N COAST OF HISPANIOLA. EXPECT EASTERLY 20-25 KT WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS S OF 23N E OF 65W THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 20-30 KT LATE FRI. MUCH UNCERTAINTY...BUT EXPECT AT A MINIMUM A LARGE AREA OF ENHANCED 20-25 KT WINDS TO SHIFT W ACROSS THE WATERS S OF 24N E OF THE BAHAMAS TODAY THROUGH FRI...THEN MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS ON SAT...THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ON SUN...AND THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS ON SUN WITH POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE NDFD GRIDS...TEXT AND MARINE GRAPHICS OVER THE NEXT WEEK. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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 NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.