000 AGXX40 KNHC 211750 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 150 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016 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 BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FOR WINDS AND WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH PREVAILS OVER THE NE GULF. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE FORECAST WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 3-4 FT RANGE. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A THERMALLY INDUCED TROUGH WILL DEVELOP EARLY EACH EVENING OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND SHIFT WESTWARD INTO THE SW GULF BEFORE DISSIPATING EACH MORNING. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FOR WINDS AND WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY... AND CMAN DATA DEPICT FRESH TO STRONG WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...MODERATE WINDS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...GENTLE TO MODERATE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...AND MODERATE TO FRESH OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 6-9 FT RANGE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...4-6 FT OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...3-5 FT OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...AND 6-7 FT OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN TONIGHT THEN CROSS CENTRAL AMERICA WEDNESDAY. SURFACE TROUGH N OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT WESTWARD AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. THE BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND BRING AN INCREASE TO WINDS AND SEAS. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FOR WINDS AND WAVES. HIGH CONFIDENCE. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH PREVAILS OVER THE EASTERN BAHAMAS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY... AND CMAN DATA DEPICT GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA EXCEPT FRESH WINDS OVER THE APPROACH TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. SEAS ARE IN THE 4-6 FT RANGE OUTSIDE THE BAHAMAS AND 1-2 FT WEST OF THE BAHAMAS. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL DISSIPATE BY WEDNESDAY WHILE THE SURFACE TROUGH SHIFTS WESTWARD ACROSS THE BAHAMAS WHILE WEAKENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA AND PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS II COLLABORATION CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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 AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.