000 AXNT20 KNHC 261940 CCA TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2014 CORRECTION FOR EST TO EDT IN TIME/DATE 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 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1745 UTC. ...THE ITCZ/THE MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH PASSES THROUGH COASTAL SECTIONS OF SENEGAL AND GAMBIA NEAR 13N17W TO 10N18W TO 6N20W AND 4N21W. THE ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 4N21W TO THE EQUATOR ALONG 26W...TO 2S32W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG TO THE SOUTH OF 4N BETWEEN 33W AND 50W. ISOLATED MODERATE FROM 3N TO 6N BETWEEN 10W AND 26W. NUMEROUS STRONG TO THE EAST OF 4W. ...DISCUSSION... ...THE GULF OF MEXICO... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TOWARD THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST/UPPER TEXAS GULF COAST. COMPARATIVELY DRIER AIR IN SUBSIDENCE...AS SEEN IN WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY...SPANS THE GULF OF MEXICO. A COLD FRONT/STATIONARY FRONT IS IN THE U.S.A. COASTAL PLAINS FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA INTO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...AND BEYOND EAST TEXAS. THIS FRONT IS PART OF THE DEEP LAYER TROUGH THAT IS ALONG THE U.S.A. EAST COAST...IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. A SURFACE TROUGH IS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG 92W/93W...TO THE SOUTH OF 23N INTO THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. NO SIGNIFICANT DEEP CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS APPARENT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. SURFACE ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF 25N TO THE EAST OF 90W. A 1017 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IS NEAR 28N85W. FOR THE OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORM SITES THAT ARE TO THE NORTH OF 27N TO THE WEST OF 87W/88W... LOW CLOUD CEILINGS ARE BEING REPORTED AT THE FOLLOWING ICAO STATIONS...KBBF WITH A VISIBILITY OF 2 MILES OR LESS WITH FOG... KGBK...AND KAXO. FAIR SKIES/CLEAR SKIES AT OR LOWER THAN 12000 FEET ARE BEING REPORTED ELSEWHERE. FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS OF THE U.S.A. FROM THE DEEP SOUTH OF TEXAS TO FLORIDA... LOW LEVEL CLOUD CEILINGS COVER THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST FROM ROCKPORT TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI METROPOLITAN AREA...TO THE NORTH OF VICTORIA/PORT LAVACA/PALACIOS...TO THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA AND SURROUNDING CITIES...AND TO THE BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR AREA...AND INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. MULTILAYERED CLOUD CEILINGS ARE BEING REPORTED AROUND THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. LOW CLOUD CEILINGS COVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. LOW CLOUD CEILINGS ARE BEING REPORTED IN FLORIDA...IN BROOKSVILLE...AT THE TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT... AND AT THE ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT IN ST. PETERSBURG. SCATTERED TO BROKEN MULTILAYERED CLOUDS ARE WITHIN 120 NM TO 240 NM OF THE COASTS OF THE U.S.A. AND MEXICO TO THE WEST OF 84W. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE TO THE SOUTH OF 27N TO THE EAST OF 90W. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...AND THE OFFSHORE FORECAST...MIAOFFNT4/FZNT24 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE 24-HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N BETWEEN 90W TO 95W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ...THE CARIBBEAN SEA... A SURFACE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH 21N60W TO 21N70W...ACROSS THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS...THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...TO 19N79W BETWEEN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA AND JAMAICA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED TO BROKEN MULTILAYERED CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAINSHOWERS SURROUND HISPANIOLA...AND IN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF HISPANIOLA. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM NORTHWESTERN VENEZUELA BEYOND NICARAGUA...INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IS CURVING FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA... INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW LEVEL AND MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAINSHOWERS ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SEA... IN SURFACE TRADEWIND FLOW. ONE IS NEAR THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NICARAGUA AND NORTHERN COSTA RICA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...NUMEROUS STRONG IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA...TO THE SOUTH OF 11N BETWEEN THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AND 81W. THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 6N/7N BETWEEN 77W BEYOND 84W. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...AND THE OFFSHORE FORECAST...MIAOFFNT3/FZNT23 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT...FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 67W AND 74W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. A SECOND AREA OF CONCERN CONSISTS OF...THE 12-HOUR FORECAST S OF 17N W OF 85W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF HONDURAS...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ...HISPANIOLA... A SURFACE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH 21N60W TO 21N70W...ACROSS THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS...THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...TO 19N79W BETWEEN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA AND JAMAICA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED TO BROKEN MULTILAYERED CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAINSHOWERS SURROUND HISPANIOLA...AND IN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF HISPANIOLA. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM NORTHWESTERN VENEZUELA BEYOND NICARAGUA...INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IS CURVING FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA... INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA. ...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN TROUGH SUPPORTS A COLD FRONT THAT PASSES THROUGH 32N44W TO 27N50W TO 23N60W AND 22N64W. A SURFACE TROUGH...THAT IS THE REMNANT BOUNDARY OF A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA ONE WEEK AGO...IS NOW WITHIN 30 NM TO 60 NM TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT...TO THE EAST OF 64W. THE TROUGH CONTINUES THROUGH 21N60W TO 21N70W...ACROSS THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS...THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...TO 19N79W BETWEEN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA AND JAMAICA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM TO THE EAST OF THE SURFACE TROUGH. A SURFACE RIDGE PASSES THROUGH 32N29W TO 27N37W TO 15N58W. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N45W TO 24.5N54W TO 22N64W. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 31N65W TO 31N40W TO 22N55W TO 26N67W TO 31N65W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN MIXED NW AND SE SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 31N50W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT