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AXPZ20 KNHC 011526
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1605 UTC MON MAY 01 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 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
1500 UTC

...ITCZ...

ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG...7N77W 8N95W 7N102W 9N110W 6N125W 
5N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 90 
NM EITHER SIDE OF A 6N109W 7N119W LINE AND WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS 
OF 9N109.5W.

...DISCUSSION...

W OF 118W...
MIDDLE/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH HAS ITS AXIS LOCATED ALONG 
128W N OF 23N WITH CYCLONIC FLOW LOCATED ABOUT FIVE DEGREES 
EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH AXIS. A DOWNSTREAM RIDGE AXIS IS 
LOCATED ALONG 123W N OF ABOUT 20N. A WELL-DEFINED SUBTROPICAL 
JET IS LOCATED THROUGH 23N140W TO 24N128W. LARGE AREA OF 
WESTERLIES ALOFT IS LOCATED S OF THE JET TO 10N W OF 118W. DENSE 
OVERCAST MIDDLE/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS COVERS THE AREA FROM 12N 
TO 20N W OF 133W...THINNING OUT FURTHER TO THE E.

E OF 118W...
MIDDLE/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS ITS AXIS LOCATED THROUGH 32N110W 
TO 20N112W TO 10N115W...MOVING E ABOUT 10 KT WITH CYCLONIC FLOW 
LOCATED OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA N OF 10N E OF 118W TO ABOUT 
100W. A CYCLONIC VORTEX IS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF 
CALIFORNIA. A JET EXTENDS FROM THE BASE OF THE TROUGH NEAR 
10N112W INTO THE SW BAY OF CAMPECHE.

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