000 AGXX40 KNHC 140545 MIMATS Marine Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 145 AM EDT Thu Sep 14 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... Weak ridging along the northern Gulf will result in mainly gentle to moderate winds and seas 1 to 3 ft the next several days. The only exception will be a thermal trough moving off the Yucatan Peninsula each night supporting locally fresh winds each night with seas briefly reaching 4 to 5 ft over the eastern Bay of Campeche. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... Hurricane Jose is centered roughly 400 nm N of the SE Bahamas as of 11 PM EDT. It is now moving W at 6 kt, with maximum sustained of 70 kt gusts to 85 kt. Jose is forecast to move west to west-northwest through Friday, before turning northward and weakening to a tropical storm Friday night. The storm will then move north of our area Saturday night into Sunday while maintaining its Tropical Storm strength. Swell of 7 to 9 ft from Jose will impact the Atlantic waters N of 19N through Friday, with 6 to 7 ft swell making it to the Atlantic Passages of the NE Caribbean during that time. Swell will decrease over the weekend as Jose begins to move away from the region. Elsewhere, a tropical wave along 72W will move across the western Caribbean the next few days. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will accompany the wave. Another tropical wave is near 52W and will move through the Tropical N Atlantic through Friday night and cross into the eastern Caribbean by Saturday night. A third, more potent tropical wave will reach 55W over the Atlantic waters Sunday night with gusty winds and showers and thunderstorms. Seas may build to 8 to 9 ft near this wave. Across the remainder of the Caribbean, a weak pressure pattern due to Jose to the north will result in mainly gentle to moderate winds through Friday. High pressure will begin to build SSW across thew central Atlantic by Friday night which will increase trades slightly, and bring fresh easterlies along the northern coast of Colombia and Venezuela at night. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... Hurricane Jose is centered roughly 400 nm N of the SE Bahamas as of 11 PM EDT. It is now moving W at 6 kt, with maximum sustained of 70 kt gusts to 85 kt. Jose is forecast to move west to west-northwest through Friday, before turning northward and weakening to a tropical storm Friday night. The storm will then move north of our area Saturday night into Sunday while maintaining its strength. Jose will be a swell generator through the rest of the week and into the weekend, with seas in excess of 8 ft in mixed swell dominating the waters E of the Bahamas SE to the waters just N and NE of Puerto Rico. The swell will be slow in subsiding over the weekend, and will linger across the northern zones into early next week after the system exits the region. In the wake of Jose, a trough will extend from near 31N71W to the SE Bahamas and to SE Cuba through Monday. Central Atlantic high pressure will build southwestward to the eastern portion of the basin in the wake of Jose late this week. $$ .WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by telephone: .GULF OF MEXICO... None. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... None. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... .AMZ113...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W... Tropical Storm Warning tonight into Fri night. .AMZ115...ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W... Tropical Storm Warning today into Fri night. .AMZ119...ATLANTIC FROM 22N TO 27N E OF BAHAMAS TO 70W... Tropical Storm Warning tonight into Fri. .AMZ121...ATLANTIC FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W... Hurricane Warning early today into tonight. Tropical Storm Warning Fri. $$ *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 Latto. National Hurricane Center.