000 AXNT20 KNHC 072347 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 705 PM EST MON JAN 07 2013 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS. BASED ON 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2315 UTC. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM LIBERIA AT 6N11W TO 6N13W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 6N13W TO 2N30W TO 1N44W TO BRAZIL AT EQ49W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 1N-4N BETWEEN 10W-48W. ...DISCUSSION... THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE TAIL END OF A COLD FRONT IS OVER S FLORIDA FROM 27N80W TO 25N82W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE OVER S FLORIDA S OF 27N. RADAR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS MOSTLY 15-20 KT EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS ARE OVER MOST OF THE GULF. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS OVER THE GULF WITH MOSTLY WESTERLY FLOW. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS OVER MOST OF THE GULF WHILE BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS ARE NOTED OVER TEXAS AND THE NW GULF. EXPECT IN 24 HOURS FOR A COLD FRONT TO BE INLAND OVER S TEXAS WITH SHOWERS AND CONVECTION OVER THE NW GULF. THE CARIBBEAN SEA... 10-25 KT TRADEWINDS ARE OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA WITH LIGHTEST WINDS OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS OVER BELIZE...HONDURAS...AND N NICARAGUA. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE ALSO INLAND OVER S MEXICO AND GUATEMALA E OF 96W. MORE SHOWERS ARE OVER HISPANIOLA...AND THE E CARIBBEAN E OF 73W. IN THE UPPER LEVELS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS OVER THE CARIBBEAN WITH AXIS ALONG 60W. STRONG SUBSIDENCE IS OVER THE CARIBBEAN EXCEPT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN. EXPECT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOR MORE PRECIPITATION TO BE OVER THE W CARIBBEAN. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS OVER THE W ATLANTIC FROM 32N64W TO S FLORIDA AT 27N80W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 90 NM OF THE FRONT. A 1023 MB HIGH IS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC NEAR 28N56W. ANOTHER 1026 MB HIGH IS OVER THE E ATLANTIC NEAR 34N36W. A COLD FRONT IS OVER THE E ATLANTIC FROM 32N23W TO 23N40W. OVERCAST MULTILAYERED CLOUDS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION ARE E OF THE FRONT OVER THE CANARY ISLANDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 30 NM OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FRONT. EXPECT IN 24 HOURS FOR A COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 35W TO 65W ALONG 29N WITH CONVECTION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORMOSA