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AXPZ20 KNHC 150100
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0405 UTC SAT APR 15 2006

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM 
THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS 
BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND 
METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

BASED ON 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
0230 UTC.

...ITCZ AXIS 4N80W 5N110W 2N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG 
120 NM WIDE FROM 132W TO 140W.

...DISCUSSION...
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 32N119W TO 20N138W.
BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND FEW SHOWERS ARE 
WITHIN 100 NM E OF THE TROUGH. MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE 
WITH DRY AIR AT THE MIDDLE LEVELS FROM 17N TO 28N W OF 130W AND 
WITHIN 240 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 24N130W TO 28N123W.
A 110-130 KT SUBTROPICAL JET IS SE OF THE TROUGH AXIS FROM 
20N127W  NE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MID/UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION NEAR 18N112W WITH RIDGE 
EXTENDING NE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO INTO TEXAS. SHARP TROUGH 
EXTENDING FROM THE W CARIBBEAN OVER CENTRAL AMERICA NEAR 
HONDURAS/NICARAGUA INTO THE PACIFIC TO NEAR 9N96W. AN UPPER 
LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS S AMERICA EXTENDS NW INTO PANAMA AND COSTA 
RICA AND INTO THE PACIFIC NEAR 8N91W. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
PATCHY MOISTURE ALONG THE ITCZ A LARGE AREA STRONG SUBSIDENCE 
COVERS THE AREA S OF 25N BETWEEN 85W AND 110W.

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