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AXPZ20 KNHC 230908
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1005 UTC FRI JUN 23 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 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
0900 UTC.

...TROPICAL WAVES...
TROPICAL WAVE N OF 3N ALONG 85W MOVING W 10-15 KT. SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE IS OVER 
THE SW CARIBBEAN N OF 11N W OF 81W.

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 96W FROM 3N TO 13N MOVING W 10-15 KT.
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 9N-11N BETWEEN 85W-100W.

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 116W FROM 5N TO 15N MOVING W 10 KT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE WITHIN 100 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE WAVE AXIS.

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 124W FROM 4N TO 18N MOVING W 10 KT. NO 
SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION WITH THIS WAVE.

..ITCZ...
AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 8N84W 7N105W 11N122W 7N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS 
FROM 126W TO 132W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF AXIS FROM 136W TO 140W.

...DISCUSSION...
MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS CENTERED NEAR 20N123W. RIDGE EXTENDS 
NORTHWARD TO 32N120W TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE 
RIDGE COVERS THE AREA N OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 115W AND 130W.
MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE WITH DRY AIR AT THE MID AND UPPER 
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COVERS THE AREA N OF 10N W OF 127W AND 
N OF 15N W OF 110W.

A WEAK NARROW UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS ALONG THE BAJA PENINSULA
WITH ANOTHER LARGE MID/UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS 
CENTERED OVER HONDURAS. RIDGE EXTENDS WESTWARD INTO THE EASTERN 
PACIFIC TO 15N100W AND ALSO NWWD TO ANOTHER HIGH CENTERED OVER 
NORTHERN MEXICO NEAR 26N105W. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENT FLOW WITHIN 
THE ANTICYCLONE IS ENHANCING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FROM GUATEMALA 
TO THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA.

SURFACE HIGH PRES RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM 32N135W TO 21N111W. 
BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ARE WITHIN 
THE RIDGE FROM 15N-28N W OF 130W AND N OF 20N BETWEEN 120W-130W.

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DGS