000 AGXX40 KNHC 281854 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 254 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 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: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS A WEAKENING SURFACE RIDGE PREVAILS OVER THE GULF COAST STATES...EXTENDING FROM SHIFTING ATLC RIDGE NOW CENTERED NEAR 38N48W. THIS YIELDING MODERATE E TO SE FLOW ACROSS MOST OF BASIN EXCEPT 15-20 KT THROUGH STRAITS OF FL. SEAS GENERALLY 3-5 FT EXCEPT 2-3 FT NE PART. YUCATAN TROUGH HAS NEARLY DISSIPATED ALONG 95W WITH SEAS STILL 4-5 FT INVOF 42055. THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF COAST STATES THROUGH FRI THEN RETREAT EASTWARD SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING A DECREASE IN OVERALL WINDS AND SEAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF WATERS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS AND EXTREME NW WATERS FRI TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY ACTIVE WEATHER THERE...SHIFTING TO CENTRAL PORTIONS SAT. A THERMALLY INDUCED SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP EACH EVENING OVER THE YUCATAN. THE TROUGH WILL DRIFT WESTWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER THE SW GULF EACH MORNING. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS BROAD TROUGH N OF THE AREA ACROSS W CENTRAL ATLC HAS WEAKENED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CARIBBEAN..AND TYPICAL JET FROM A-B-C'S TO COLOMBIA NOW DOWN TO AROUND 20 KT AND 8 FT. MODERATE TO FRESH ENE FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS NW PORTIONS FROM LEE OF CUBA TO YUCATAN WHILE LIGHT TRADES WERE RECENTLY DEPICTED IN GULF OF HONDURAS BY 15Z ASCAT PASS. SE FLOW HAS INCREASED VERY SLIGHTLY ACROSS NE CARIB AS SE WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO OPEN UP AND AROUND E SIDE OF BROAD ATLC TROF. TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS S HALF OF TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS AND APPROACHING WINDWARDS ATTM WITH TRADES INCREASING TO 15-20 NEAR AND BEHIND WAVE. THE BROAD TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WESTWARD AND N OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WILL HAVE SHIFTED FAR ENOUGH W BY SAT TO ALLOW STRONG CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE TO BUILD S INTO TROPICAL ATLC TO INCREASE TRADES ACROSS TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS TO 20 KT BY SAT...AS WELL AS E TO ESE TRADES AROUND 20 KT BEHIND TROPICAL WAVE AS IT MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS ERN CARIB THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN SEAS ACROSS TROPICAL N ATLC AND FAR ERN CARIB SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A LONG FETCH OF FRESH WINDS SOUTH OF ATLANTIC HIGH DEVELOPS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 FT OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND PEAK AROUND 9 FT SAT. REORGANIZING DEEP LAYERED CUT OFF LOW ACROSS ATLC WILL AID IN PULLING WAVE RELATED MOISTURE N AND NW ACROSS ERN CARIB THIS WEEKEND TO DESTABILIZE THE REGION AND PRODUCE AREAS OF ACTIVE WEATHER THERE. MODEL BEGIN TO DIVERGE SUN ACROSS W CENTRAL CARIB AS GFS AMPLIFIES INVERTED TROFFING ALONG 80W AND ALLOW MOISTURE TO ADVECT MUCH FARTHER NW AND BEYOND CARIBBEAN NEXT WEEK...WHILE ECMWF REMAINS FLATTER. PREFER ECMWF SOLUTION DURING THAT PERIOD. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS A BROAD INVERTED TROUGH DOMINATES THE WATERS E OF 72W. LATEST DATA DEPICTS A WEAKENING LOW NEAR 25.5N67.5W WHERE SCAT WINDS SHOWED 20-25 KT ACROSS N SEMICIRCLE...WHILE A SECOND WEAK LOW HAS DEVELOPED UNDERNEATH THE UPPER LOW NEAR 25N61W. STRONG WINDS PREVAILING ACROSS NRN PERIPHERY OF BROAD TROUGH HAVE SHIFTED TO N AND NE OF NEW SECOND LOW...AS PREDICTED BY GUIDANCE...AS ATLC HIGH IS SHIFTING EWD AND TO THE N OF THIS TROUGH. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ACROSS THE BROAD ELONGATED FETCH ACROSS THE TOP OF TROUGH...WHILE SEAS TO 9 FT EXTEND SW FROM THERE TO 71W PER RECENT BUOY OBS. THE BROAD TROUGH WILL TAKE ON MORE OF A NE-SW ORIENTATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE IT SLOWLY DAMPENS OUT THROUGH MONDAY...BUT WITH LESSER PERTURBATIONS MOVING THROUGH THIS FLOW AS A REFLECTION OF REORGANIZING UPPER LOW. THIS PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE MODELS SHOW POTENTIAL FOR CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS S FL AND NW BAHAMAS LATE NEXT WEEK. GFS IS ABOUT 36-48 HOUR FASTER THAN ECMWF WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND AM HESITANT TO GO WITH GFS ATTM. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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 STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.