000 AGXX40 KNHC 101651 MIMATS Marine Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1251 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 Marine Weather Discussion for the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Tropical North Atlantic from 07N to 19N between 55W and 64W and the Southwest North Atlantic including the Bahamas. ...GULF OF MEXICO... High pressure prevails over the northern forecast waters. The thermal trough that moved off the Yucatan peninsula into the southwest Gulf has dissipated. Latest satellite derived winds and seas along with ship...buoy...and CMAN data depict gentle to moderate winds over the northeast and southwest Gulf while moderate to fresh winds prevail over the northwest and southeast Gulf. Seas are in the 2-4 ft range over the northeast Gulf and 4-6 ft over the remainder of the Gulf waters. High pressure will prevail over the northern waters through Friday night. A surface trough will develop over the Yucatan peninsula each evening. This trough will propagate westward into the southwest waters during the overnight hours before dissipating each morning. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... Latest satellite derived winds and seas along with ship...buoy... and CMAN data depict fresh to strong winds over the south central Caribbean waters, while gentle to moderate winds prevail over the remainder of the Caribbean as well as the Tropical North Atlantic forecast zones. Seas are in the 4-6 ft range over the south central Caribbean, 3-5 ft over the remainder of the Caribbean, and 5-6 ft over the Tropical North Atlantic forecast zones. Winds will continue to pulse to fresh to strong over the south central Caribbean through Friday night. High pressure building north of the area will generate fresh to strong nocturnal winds over the windward passage and in the lee of Cuba each night starting tonight. Otherwise conditions will generally remain the same through Friday night. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... A stationary front extends from 27N65W to the windward passage. A surface trough extends from 25N65W to 19N66W. Latest satellite derived winds and seas along with ship...buoy...and CMAN data depict fresh to strong winds within 210 nm west of the stationary front, moderate to fresh elsewhere west of the front, and gentle to moderate winds east of the front. Seas have built to 9 ft over the area of strong winds, seas in the 5-7 ft range prevail elsewhere outside the Bahamas, and 1-3 ft west of the Bahamas. The stationary front will dissipate by midweek. Low pressure will develop along the trough by midweek. The low will Linger over the eastern waters through Thursday before shifting northeast of the area on Friday. $$ .WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by telephone: .GULF OF MEXICO... None. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... None. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... None. $$ *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.nhc.noaa.gov/marine $$ .Forecaster AL. National Hurricane Center.