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AXPZ20 KNHC 240343
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0405 UTC SAT JUN 24 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 
0315 UTC.

...TROPICAL WAVES...

TROPICAL WAVE N OF 8N ALONG 88W HAS BEEN MOVING W AT 12 KT THE 
PAST 24 HOURS. CONVECTION IS SUPPRESSED OVER WATER AT THE 
MOMENT.

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 99W N OF 5N IS ESTIMATED TO BE MOVING W AT 
12 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS ENHANCED 
ALONG THE ITCZ FROM 4N TO 12N.

AN ILL DEFINED TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 119W FROM 5N TO 15N MOVING 
W 10 KT WITH LITTLE ENHANCEMENT OF CONVECTION.

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 127W FROM 5N TO 16N MOVING W 10 KT. A SWIRL 
OF LOW CLOUDS IS CENTERED IN THE VICINITY OF 16N126W BUT LACKS
CONVECTION.

..ITCZ...

AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 9.5N E OF 140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG IS NOTED WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 
7N97W 12N112W AND WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11N125W 
8N140W.

...DISCUSSION...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXTENDS S ALONG THE W EDGE OF THE DISCUSSION 
AREA FROM 32N TO 19N. AN UPPER ANTICYCLONE IS NEAR 18N122W. 
A RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS SW OVER THE ITCZ NEAR 10N134W AND ENHANCES 
ITS CONVECTION. A RIDGE ALSO EXTENDS N TO BEYOND 35N120W. 
RESULTANT ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE AREA ROUGHLY FROM N OF 
15N BETWEEN 118W AND 130W. 

AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 30N115W THROUGH A SMALL UPPER 
CYCLONE AT 22N113W TO 14N113W. 

AN UPPER ANTICYCLONE IS NEAR 16N95W AND APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING W 
WITH TIME. UPPER DIFFLUENCE IS ENHANCING CONVECTION ALONG THE 
PERIPHERY OF THE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW...ROUGHLY ALONG POINTS  
21N89W 12N97W 12N108W.

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NELSON