000 AXNT20 KNHC 081002 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 805 AM EDT MON JUN 08 2015 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 1000 UTC. ...TROPICAL WAVES... A TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLC WITH AXIS NEAR 33W MOVING W AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KT. SSMI TPW IMAGERY SHOW THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED IN A MODERATE MOIST ENVIRONMENT THAT ALONG WITH DIFFLUENCE ALOFT SUPPORT SCATTERED TO ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF ITS AXIS. A TROPICAL WAVE IS ON THE WESTERN TROPICAL ATLC WITH AXIS NEAR 50W MOVING W AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KT. THE WAVE IS MOSTLY EMBEDDED IN A MODERATE MOIST ENVIRONMENT EXCEPT N OF 08N WHERE DRY AIR AND DUST ARE PRESENT AS INDICATED BY METEOSAT IMAGERY. DIFFLUENCE ALOFT W OF ITS AXIS SUPPORT SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 04N TO 07N. A TROPICAL WAVE IS ON THE SW CARIBBEAN WITH AXIS NEAR 76W EXTENDING S OF 15N TO INLAND COLOMBIA...MOVING W AT APPROXIMATELY 20 KT. SSMI TPW IMAGERY SHOW THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED IN A DEEP MOIST ENVIRONMENT S OF 13N. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS ARE S OF 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 80W. A TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN WITH AXIS NEAR 83W MOVING W AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KT. SSMI TPW IMAGERY SHOW THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED IN A DEEP MOIST ENVIRONMENT. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND ISOLATED TSTMS ARE S OF 15N W OF 80W. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE AFRICAN COAST NEAR 10N14W TO 05N25W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 05N25W TO E OF A TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 04N32W...IT THEN RESUMES W OF THE WAVE NEAR 03N35W TO 02N49W. ASIDE FROM CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVES MENTIONED IN THE SECTION ABOVE ...SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS ARE WITHIN 230 NM S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH E OF 25W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS ALONG THE WESTERN ATLC SW ACROSS THE FLORIDA TO A BASE OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. WEST OF 90W...THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO COVERS THE REMAINDER GULF. THE TROUGH ALOFT ALONG SHALLOW MOISTURE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND ADJACENT WATERS SUPPORT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E OF 85W. AT THE SURFACE...A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE NW ATLC EXTENDS A RIDGE AXIS SW ACROSS THE GULF AND PROVIDES E TO SE WIND FLOW OF 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT OVER WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA ADJACENT WATERS WHERE A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 22N89W TO 17N91W. WATER VAPOR AND SSMI TPW IMAGERY DEPICT DRY AND STABLE AIR ACROSS MOST OF THE BASIN THAT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FAIR WEATHER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE ACROSS THE BASIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS. CARIBBEAN SEA... SSMI TPW IMAGERY CONTINUE TO SHOW ABUNDANT MOISTURE ON THE SW AND PORTIONS OF THE NW CARIBBEAN WHERE A DIFFLUENT ENVIRONMENT ALOFT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION N OF 15N BETWEEN 80W AND 87W...INCLUDING CUBA. ON THE SW CARIBBEAN...TWO TROPICAL WAVES ENHANCES SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS. SEE THE TROPICAL WAVES SECTION ABOVE FOR DETAILS. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN SURFACE RIDGING ON THE ATLC AND LOWER PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVES SUPPORT E WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT S OF 14.5N BETWEEN 68W AND 74W...EXCEPT NE WINDS W OF 71.5W WITH SEAS TO 8 FT. TRADES OF 15 KT DOMINATE ELSEWHERE. SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH WED MORNING. ...HISPANIOLA... CLOUDINESS WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE ACROSS THE ISLAND BEING SUPPORTED BY MODERATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A ZONE OF DIFFLUENCE ALOFT. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS A DRY AIRMASS MOVES FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ACROSS THE ISLAND. ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS ALONG THE WESTERN ATLC SW ACROSS THE FLORIDA TO A BASE OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...THUS SUPPORTING A SURFACE TROUGH FROM 28N69W TO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS NEAR 20N74W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND ISOLATED TSTMS ARE N OF 20N BETWEEN 64W AND 77W. BROAD SURFACE RIDGING ANCHORED BY A 1025 MB HIGH NEAR 32N43W COVERS THE REMAINDER BASIN SUPPORTING FAIR WEATHER. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TROPICAL WAVES...PLEASE REFER TO THE SECTION ABOVE. SURFACE TROUGHING ALONG WITH SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL ON THE SW N ATLC FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. RIDGING WILL DOMINATE ELSEWHERE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ NR