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AXPZ20 KNHC 160235
TWDEP
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0405 UTC WED APR 16 2014
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM
THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS
BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND
METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.
BASED ON 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
0215 UTC.
...SPECIAL FEATURE...
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC STORM WARNING
HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF A GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT IS
CURRENTLY SURGING THROUGH THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC INTO THE
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC AT MINIMAL STORM FORCE...AND EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS WILL THEN QUICKLY
DIMINISH THROUGHOUT WED MORNING WITH WINDS BELOW GALE ON WED
AFTERNOON. THE RESULTANT N-NE SWELL WILL PROPAGATE SW MIXING
WITH LONG-PERIOD CROSS EQUATORIAL SWELL. SEAS WILL FINALLY
SUBSIDE BELOW 8 FT NEAR 06N105W LATE THU NIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS
AT 5-15 KT ARE THEN EXPECTED EACH DAY...AND LATE NIGHT DRAINAGE
FLOW OF 10-20 KT IS EXPECTED EACH NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT.
...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE EPAC MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS W ACROSS SOUTHERN E PANAMA TO
ACROSS THE GULF OF PANAMA CONTINUING W ACROSS SOUTHERN W PANAMA
TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF PANAMA AT 08N77W TO 08N812W TO 05N99W
WHERE SCATTEROMETER WINDS INDICATE A TRANSITION TO AN ITCZ
AXIS...WHICH IN TURN WIGGLES WESTWARD BETWEEN 04-05N TO BEYOND
140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS OBSERVED
ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE
FROM 08N80W TO 05N96W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS NOTED OVER...AND
TO THE N OF THE ITCZ WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM
07N120W TO 06N133W.
...DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE IS CENTERED NEAR 10N120W WITH AN
UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING N TO BEYOND 34N127W. THE ENVELOPE OF
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW DOMINATES THE DISCUSSION AREA N OF THE ITCZ TO
THE W OF 112W. DENSE UPPER MOISTURE IS ADVECTED NE ALONG THE
PERIPHERY OF THIS RIDGE...WITHIN 360 NM OF A LINE FROM 16N140W
TO 28N116W...THEN SPILLS SE ACROSS THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. UPPER DIFFLUENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE UPPER ANTICYCLONE IS ENHANCING THE
CONVECTION ALONG THE ITCZ AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
AN UPPER TROUGH IS ADVANCING E ACROSS THE SE CONUS AND CONTINUES
SW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL MEXICO INTO AN
UPPER CYCLONE OVER THE PACIFIC NEAR 12N105W WITH A TROUGH STILL
CONTINUING SW TO A BASE AT 02N114W. THIS TROUGH SEPARATES THE
BROAD ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALREADY MENTIONED OVER THE NW PORTION
FROM ANTICYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA TO THE S OF 17N
E OF 96W. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER DIFFLUENCE IS SUPPORTING THE
CONVECTION ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
A SURFACE HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 32N138W TO NEAR 19N114W.
NE TRADES ARE ENHANCED TO 15-20 KT S OF THE RIDGE ACROSS THE
PACIFIC WATERS FROM 06-19N BETWEEN 122-140W WITH SEAS OF 7-10 FT
IN MIXED LONG PERIOD NW AND CROSS-EQUATORIAL SE SWELL. THIS
AFFECTED AREA S OF THE RIDGE WILL SHRINK WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AS NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT FORM NE OF THE RIDGE AND SPREAD
S INTO THE AREA N OF 27N BETWEEN 118-127W ON THU.
$$
NELSON
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