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AXPZ20 KNHC 220240
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...RETRANSMITTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0405 UTC SAT APR 22 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...
ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 6N78W 6N110W 4N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE CONVECTION 90M WIDE 125W TO 132W.

...DISCUSSION...
MID/UPPER TROUGH FROM 32N124W TO 20N130W. A 90-100 KT JET STREAM 
ALONG THE BASE OF THE TROUGH FROM 18N140W TO 17N129W WHERE IT 
SPLITS THE SOUTHERN PORTION CONTINUES TO 13N121W WHILE THE 
NORTHERN PART EXTENDS NE TO THE NORTHERN BAJA PENINSULA. 
TROPICAL MOISTURE S OF THE JET AXIS IS BEING ADVECTED NE TOWARD 
BAJA CALIFORNIA. E OF THE TROUGH IS A MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH 
AXIS FROM THE NEW MEXICO/ARIZONA BORDER ACROSS WESTERN MEXICO TO 
20N. 
MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND DRY STABLE CONDITIONS IS S OF 
20N E OF 105W...WITH VERY MINIMAL SHOWER ACTIVITY NOTED IN THE 
AREA. BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM EQ AT 85W NE ACROSS 
CENTRAL INTO THE SW CARIBBEAN.

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