000 AGXX40 KNHC 030758 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 358 AM EDT SAT SEP 3 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. HIGH CONFIDENCE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF ALONG A LINGERING TROUGH REACHING FROM THE CENTRAL GULF TO THE NE GULF. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE ALSO NOTED OVER THE FAR SW GULF ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH PERSISTING OFF THE COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS ARE 2 TO 4 FT OVERALL ACROSS THE GULF...WITH SLIGHTLY LOW WAVE HEIGHTS OVER THE SW GULF. A LATE EVENING TROUGH WILL FORM OFF THE W COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EACH EVENING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...SUPPORTING A BRIEF PULSE OF 15 TO 20 KT WINDS OVER THE SW GULF INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE THE TROUGH DISSIPATES. OTHERWISE RIDGING WILL BUILD FROM THE NE GULF THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND 2 TO 4 FT SEAS WILL PERSIST AS WELL. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. A SERIES OF TROPICAL WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS WILL BE THE MAIN INFLUENCES ON THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A TROPICAL WAVE BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND JAMAICA WILL MOVE W ACROSS THE SW CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN. A STRONGER TROPICAL WAVE AROUND 50W WILL APPROACH BARBADOS LATE TODAY...ENTER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN LATE SUN...MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH LATE TUE...AND EXIT THE SW CARIBBEAN THROUGH MID WEEK. AN AREA OF LOW PRES WILL ACCOMPANY THE TROPICAL WAVE AS IT APPROACHES THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...BUT MOST MODEL DEPICTIONS SHOW IT DISSIPATING THROUGH SUN. STRONG WINDS AND SEAS TO 10 FT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NE AND N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH TUE. STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL PULSE TONIGHT OFF COLOMBIA IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST TROPICAL WAVE BUT WILL REMAIN 20 KT OR LESS THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS THE TROPICAL WAVE PASSAGES DISRUPT THE NORMAL PRES GRADIENT OVER THE REGION. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS BY MID WEEK. MEANWHILE FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL PULSE OVER THE GULF OF HONDURAS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TO LESSER EXTENT TONIGHT. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WELL N OF THE REGION MOVING NE ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA. STRONG WINDS ARE PRESENT S OF 32N ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE TROPICAL STORM REACHING AS FAR S AS 29N WITH 8 TO 13 FT SEAS. THIS AREA OF STRONG WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH LATE TODAY AS IT TRANSLATES EASTWARD TO THE N OF 30N. RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG 27N/28N ANCHORED BY 1021 MB HIGH PRES NEAR 27N63W. LIGHT WINDS WILL PERSIST THEREAFTER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. NORTHERLY SWELL GENERATED FROM HERMINE WILL PROPAGATE INTO THE WATERS N OF 28N THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SEAS APPROACHING 8 FT NEAR 32N. MEANWHILE A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE CENTERED IN THE ATLC WATERS S OF 22N NEAR 50W WILL PASS W OF 55W LATE TODAY...CROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY LATE SUN...HISPANIOLA MON AND TUE...AND EASTERN CUBA WED. THIS WILL BRING FRESH TRADES AND SEAS TO 8 FT TO THE WATERS S OF 22N. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS OFF THE N COAST OF HISPANIOLA THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS WILL PERSIST $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS II COLLABORATION CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... NONE. $$ *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 CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.