000 AGXX40 KNHC 010838 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 438 AM EDT TUE SEP 1 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 TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ERIKA CONTINUES FROM THE BIG BEND REGION SW TO NEAR 25N87W. LLVL VORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEATURE HAS BECOME CAPTURED ACROSS THE NE GULF BY MID LEVEL REMNANTS OF OLD ELONGATED MID-UPPER TROUGH...AND IS FORECAST TO SHIFT GRADUALLY NE ACROSS N FL AND INTO THE SW N ATLC WATERS THROUGH THU. LLVL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONVERGENCE S OF 25N WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT WNW TO NW ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF NEXT FEW DAYS. OTHERWISE...A WEAKNESS AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NE GULF NEXT 36-48 HOURS. WEAK HIGH PRES PREVAILS ACROSS THE N CENTRAL GULF ATTM AND IS PROMOTING LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE WIND FLOW ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE BASIN THIS MORNING. PEAK SEAS ARE 3-4 FT ACROSS THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS WHERE FETCH HAS LONGEST LENGTH ACROSS THE BASIN. ELSEWHERE OBS AND MODELS SUGGESTS SEAS 2-3 FT ATTM. AS THE TROUGH GRADUALLY DISSIPATES AND LLVL REMNANTS SHIFT NE NEXT FEW DAYS...THE WEAK HIGH ACROSS N CENTRAL GULF WILL SETTLE S TO SSE INTO N PORTIONS AND BEGIN TO ESTABLISH A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING TO THE SE. THIS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE SELY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE SW HALF OF THE BASIN AND ALLOW FOR LATE AFTERNOON YUCATAN THERMAL TROUGH TO BECOME ACTIVE EACH DAY. MODELS SHOW 15-20 KT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND WED EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 20-25 KT THU EVENING. ELSEWHERE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW AND MILD MARINE CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH FRI. UPPER TROUGH ACROSS TEXAS COASTAL ZONES THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO SWEEP ESE ACROSS NW PORTIONS NEXT 48 HOURS AND PROMOTE ACTIVE WX ON E SIDE OF TROUGH...AFFECTING SE TX AND LA NEAR AND OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS 1021 MB HIGH NEAR 30N69W THIS MORNING MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE BASIN TO PRODUCE FRESH E TRADES ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS...AND STRONG NE WINDS OFFSHORE OF COLOMBIA...WHERE PEAK SEAS TO 9 FT ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED. 02Z ASCAT PASSES SHOWED AREAS OF SOLID 25 KT WITHIN THE GULF OF VENEZUELA AND OFFSHORE OF COLOMBIA CENTERED ON 12.5N73W. ELSEWHERE FRESH ELY TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS W PORTIONS FROM GULF OF HONDURAS N TO 20N...AND BUOY 42056 UP TO 5 FT ATTM...AND SEAS LIKELY TO 6 FT SSW OF THERE. TROPICAL WAVE MOVING INTO W CARIB THIS MORNING...WITH N PORTION MOVING ACROSS NW PART AND INTERACTING WITH WEAKENING TUTT LOW FOR ACTIVE CNVTN. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE WWD AND INTO YUCATAN NEXT 24 HOURS...WHILE SRN PORTION OF WAVE MOVES INTO CENTRAL AMERICA AND FAR EPAC. NEXT WAVE UPSTREAM ACROSS THE ERN CARIB ATTM HAS BEEN HIGH AMPLITUDE CAUSING WEAKENED WIND FLOW E PORTIONS. HIGH PRES ACROSS SW N ATLC WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT SE NEXT FEW DAYS AND EXTEND A RIDGE TO THE SE...REDUCING THE PRES GRADIENT AND TRADES ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS WED AND THU. FRESH FLOW TO REMAIN CONFINED TO AREA S OF 14N DURING THAT TIME. SLIGHT EXPANSION OF GULFMEX HIGH TO THE SE WED WILL INCREASE WINDS ACROSS GULF OF HONDURAS DURING EVENING/NOCTURNAL MAX...REACHING 20-25 KT AND 6-7 FT. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS NW PORTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF ERIKA AND HAVE SINCE SHIFTED NE AND ACROSS COASTAL WATERS OF THE CAROLINAS. THIS LEAVES 1021 MB HIGH NEAR 30N69W THE DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS THE AREA. PRES GRADIENT TO THE S PRODUCING FRESH ELY TRADES THROUGH THE SE WATERS AND ACROSS TURKS AND CAICOS AND FAR SE BAHAMAS...WITH RECENT 02Z ASCAT PASS ONLY SUGGESTING 20 KT WINDS OFF NW COAST OF HISPANIOLA AND INTO WINDWARD PASSAGE. LLVL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH NEXT TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS ERN CARIB WILL MOVE ACROSS NE CARIB TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THEN NW ACROSS BAHAMAS WED AND THU. SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS SWEEPING SE INTO THE NW AND THEN N CENTRAL ATLC WILL NUDGE THE SFC HIGH SE AND CREATE A NW TO SE RIDGE THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LEAVING LIGHT WINDS AND MILD SEAS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AND ONLY 10-15 KT TRADES SE PORTIONS. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ARISE IN MODELS HANDLING OF UPPER TROUGH DIGGING INTO NE PORTIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW DEVELOPMENT...AND ECMWF HAS BEEN MOST CONSISTENT PAST SEVERAL DAYS. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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.