000 AGXX40 KNHC 051729 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 129 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 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 OFFICIAL FOR WINDS. TAFB NWPS USED FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS CENTERED OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PREVAILS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. OUTSIDE OF EARL...LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS OVER THE SW GULF...AND LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 5-7 FT RANGE OVER THE SW GULF...2-4 FT OVER THE SE GULF...AND 2-3 FT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. EARL WILL CONTINUE ITS WESTERN TRACK MOVING INLAND OVER MEXICO TONIGHT AND DISSIPATING LATE SAT. A TROUGH WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NE GULF. THIS TROUGH WILL HELP PRODUCE ACTIVE RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FOR WINDS. TAFB NWPS USED FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. DESPITE EARL MOVING FURTHER FROM THE AREA...ACTIVE CONVECTION IS IMPACTING THE NW WATERS. A TROPICAL WAVE IS PROPAGATING THROUGH THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WITH A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY...AND CMAN DATA DEPICT MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS SOUTH OF HISPANIOLA AS WELL AS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL ELSEWHERE. SEAS ARE IN THE 4-7 FT RANGE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...4-6 FT OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN... 4-5 FT OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...AND 4-6 FT OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS. AS IS TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...A COUPLE OF TROPICAL WAVES WILL PROPAGATE ACROSS THE FORECAST WATERS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS BLENDED WITH OFFICIAL FOR WINDS. TAFB NWPS USED FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. LATEST SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS AND SEAS ALONG WITH SHIP...BUOY... AND CMAN DATA DEPICT GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS...AND MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS. SEAS ARE IN THE 3-4 FT RANGE OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS...4-6 FT OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS...AND 1-2 FT W OF THE BAHAMAS. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS II COLLABORATION CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... .GMZ023...SW GULF S OF 22N W OF 94W... TROPICAL STORM WARNING TODAY INTO TONIGHT. .GMZ025...E BAY OF CAMPECHE INCLUDING CAMPECHE BANK... TROPICAL STORM WARNING TODAY. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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.