000 AXNT20 KNHC 260604 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 105 AM EST WED NOV 26 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 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0515 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... ...A GALE WARNING FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO... A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH 28N82W TO 18.5N92W. GALE-FORCE NORTHWEST-TO-NORTH WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS FROM 10 TO 14 FEET ARE TO THE SOUTH OF 20N TO THE WEST OF 95W. GALE-FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 9 TO 11 FEET ARE WITHIN 60 NM TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT FROM 23N TO 27N. EXPECT NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND SEA HEIGHTS TO 10 FEET ELSEWHERE TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST... MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS. ...A GALE WARNING FOR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... THE 12-HOUR FORECAST CONSISTS OF A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM 31N79W TO 28N80W. EXPECT GALE-FORCE SOUTH-TO-SOUTHWEST WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS 11 FEET TO THE NORTH OF 30N TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT TO 77W. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS. ...THE ITCZ/THE MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH PASSES THROUGH GUINEA-BISSAU NEAR 11N15W... CURVING THROUGH 10N18W AND 9N20W. THE ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 9N20W TO 8N30W 8N43W...CURVING TO 5N52W AT THE COAST OF FRENCH GUIANA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED STRONG FROM 3N TO 5N BETWEEN 10W AND 12W..AND WITHIN 30 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 7N24W 9N26W 10N29W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG ELSEWHERE FROM 3N TO 12N BETWEEN 30W AND 44W. ...DISCUSSION... ...THE GULF OF MEXICO... A DEEP LAYER TROUGH IS DIGGING SOUTHWARD AS IT CONTINUES MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE U.S.A...INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND THEN TO THE WEST CENTRAL COASTAL PLAINS. THE TROUGH SUPPORTS THE CURRENT COLD FRONT THAT PASSES THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA...TO A 1011 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER. THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE 1011 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG WITHIN 30 NM TO 60 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH 31N78W...ACROSS FLORIDA TO 22N86W...TO 16N90W IN GUATEMALA. CLEAR SKIES ARE TO THE WEST OF THE LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH 29N90W TO 25N93W 23N98W. ...THE CARIBBEAN SEA... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS ON TOP OF SOUTHEASTERN CUBA. MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW AND COMPARATIVELY DRIER AIR IN SUBSIDENCE SPAN THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL IN INCHES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AT 26/0000 UTC...ACCORDING TO THE PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...MIATPTPAN/SXCA01 KNHC...IS 0.14 IN GUADELOUPE...AND 0.06 IN CURACAO. THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 6N73W IN COLOMBIA...CURVING TO EASTERN PANAMA...THROUGH 10N80W...AND BEYOND NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF COSTA RICA...INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...NUMEROUS STRONG FROM 7N TO 11N BETWEEN THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AND 85W ALONG THE COAST OF COSTA RICA. ...HISPANIOLA... MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL NORTH-TO-NORTHEAST WIND FLOW IS PASSING ON TOP OF HISPANIOLA. LARGE-SCALE ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE CARIBBEAN SEA. AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS ON TOP OF SOUTHEASTERN CUBA. CLOUD CONDITIONS AND PREVAILING WEATHER FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...LOW LEVEL CLOUD CEILINGS IN SANTO DOMINGO. FEW LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ARE IN LA ROMANA. SCATTERED LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ARE IN PUNTA CANA. RAINSHOWERS ARE BEING REPORTED IN SANTIAGO. SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WITH THUNDER ARE IN PUERTO PLATA. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 250 MB SHOWS THAT NORTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WITH A RIDGE FOR MOST OF THE 48 HOURS WILL BE REPLACED BY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH A TROUGH. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 500 MB SHOWS THAT NORTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS HISPANIOLA... WITH A RIDGE. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 700 MB SHOWS THAT EAST- TO-NORTHEAST WIND FLOW WITH A RIDGE WILL LAST FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS. NORTHEAST WIND FLOW WITH AN APPROACHING INVERTED TROUGH WILL COVER THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE 48-HOUR FORECAST PERIOD. ...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS ON TOP OF SOUTHEASTERN CUBA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND FLOW CROSSES HISPANIOLA. ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA FROM 32N SOUTHWARD BETWEEN 60W AND 90W...INCLUDING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS NEAR 20N48W. CYCLONIC WIND FLOW THAT IS MOVING AROUND THE CENTER COVERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM 13N NORTHWARD BETWEEN 40W AND 60W. A SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 27N44W 24N46W 20N47W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG FROM 16N TO 26N BETWEEN 40W AND 50W. A SURFACE RIDGE PASSES THROUGH 32N60W TO 29N70W...TO ANDROS ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS...ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF CUBA...TO 17N86W IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA...TO THE NORTH OF COASTAL HONDURAS. A SURFACE RIDGE PASSES THROUGH 32N30W TO 23N25W...AND TO THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT