000 AXNT20 KNHC 161036 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 805 AM EDT TUE SEP 16 2014 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 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1030 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... HURRICANE EDOUARD IS CENTERED NEAR 30.2N 57.3W AT 16/0900Z UTC OR ABOUT 405 NM E-SE OF BERMUDA MOVING N-NW AT 11 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 963 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 95 KT WITH GUSTS TO 115 KT. SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... BUT THEN WEAKENING IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 29N-31N BETWEEN 56W-58W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND ISOLATED TSTMS ARE ELSEWHERE FROM 27N-33N BETWEEN 55W-62W. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMAT1/WTNT21 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. ...TROPICAL WAVES... TROPICAL WAVE IS WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM 18N27W TO A 1010 MB LOW EMBEDDED IN THE MONSOON TROUGH NEAR 13N27W TO 9N27W. THE APPROXIMATELY WESTWARD TRANSLATION SPEED OF THE WAVE IS 15-20 KT. A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF MOISTURE DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS IS NOTED IN THE SSMI TPW IMAGERY...WHICH ALONG STRONG DEEP LAYER ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR ON THE NORTHERN WAVE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT LACK OF CONVECTION. TROPICAL WAVE IS ON THE CENTRAL ATLC WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM 20N48W TO 10N49W...MOVING WEST AT 20 KT. INTRUSION OF SAHARAN DRY AIR INTO THE SYSTEM KEEP IT MAINLY CONVECTIVE FREE EXCEPT IN THE NORTHERN WAVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE A REGION OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE COINCIDES WITH A ZONE OF UPPER-LEVEL DIFFLUENCE THAT SUPPORTS SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS FROM 16N-21N BETWEEN 48W-52W. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE AFRICAN COAST NEAR 14N17W TO A 1010 MB LOW NEAR 13N27W TO 12N38W 10N45W. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 10N45W TO THE COAST OF GUYANA NEAR 7N58W. BESIDES THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVES...SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 7N-10N E OF 21W...AND FROM 3N-13N BETWEEN 25W- 41W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... OVERALL INSTABILITY CONTINUES ACROSS GREAT PORTIONS OF THE BASIN DUE TO DEEP LAYER TROUGHINESS IN THE WESTERN BASIN AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE BEING ADVECTED FROM THE CARIBBEAN. AN INVERTED TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVELS SUPPORT A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 27N96W TO 18N94W. NUMEROUS MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION AND TSTMS ARE IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE S OF 21N. MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING DOMINATES ELSEWHERE IN THE BASIN SUPPORTING A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE E-NE BASIN THAT IS ANCHORED BY A 1018 MB HIGH ON THE SW N ATLC NEAR 29N75W. UPPER-LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ENHANCES SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS WITHIN 110 NM OF THE NORTHERN GULF COASTLINE EAST OF 93W. A STATIONARY FRONT IS ACROSS THE S-SE CONUS...A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH IS ALONG 30N81W SW TO 30N85W TO 28N92W. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL PREVAIL ON THE WESTERN BASIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS WHILE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE ELSEWHERE. THE FORMER STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL TRANSITION INTO A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORIDA THURSDAY. CARIBBEAN SEA... A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION IS SUPPORTING TRADES OF 10-15 KT. EXCEPT FOR THE NW AND SW CARIBBEAN WHERE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND UPPER-LEVEL DIFFLUENCE PREVAIL SUPPORTING CONVECTION...THE REMAINDER BASIN IS BEING INFLUENCED BY DRY AIR AND STRONG DEEP LAYER ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR...THUS SUPPORTING MAINLY FAIR WEATHER. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE ON THE NW BASIN FROM 15N-21N BETWEEN W OF 78W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION AND TSTMS ARE S OF 14N W OF 76W. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...HISPANIOLA... MODERATE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN THE REGION ALONG WITH MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ENHANCE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER COASTAL WATERS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE ISLAND TONIGHT. BESIDES THE TYPICAL AFTERNOON SHOWERS INDUCED BY DAYTIME HEATING...NO DEEP CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. ATLANTIC OCEAN... HURRICANE EDOUARD AND TWO TROPICAL WAVES ARE THE MAIN FEATURES ACROSS THE BASIN. SEE THE SPECIAL FEATURES AND TROPICAL WAVES SECTIONS ABOVE. UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS NE INTO THE SW N ATLC TO SUPPORT A 1018 MB HIGH NEAR 29N75W. OTHERWISE...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE EASTERN ATLC SUPPORT A COLD FRONT THAT IS ANALYZED FROM 30N16W SW TO 27N25W WITH NO CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ NR