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AXPZ20 KNHC 260258
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0405 UTC WED JUL 26 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.

...SPECIAL FEATURES...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM EMILIA NEAR 22.9N 111.0W 989 MB AT 0300 UTC JUL
26 MOVING NNW OR 345 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT 
GUSTS 75 KT. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO 
HEADERS MIATCMEP1/ WTPZ21 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. CONVECTION IS 
MOSTLY S OF THE CENTER. CONVECTIVE BANDS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL 
AROUND THE CENTER OF EMILIA BUT DEEP CONVECTION DOES NOT PERSIST 
IN THE N SEMICIRCLE. EMILIA CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NW AND WILL 
MOVE OVER COLDER WATERS AND IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN IN 48 HOURS. 
NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 130 NM OF THE S 
SEMICIRCLE WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 
100 NM IN THE N SEMICIRCLE.

...TROPICAL WAVES...
TROPICAL WAVE N OF 5N ALONG 88W MOVING W 15 KT. SCATTERED 
MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 5N-7N BETWEEN 83W-88W.

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 108W FROM 9N-20N MOVING W 10 KT. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS ALONG THE W COAST OF 
MEXICO FROM 16N-22N BETWEEN 105W AND 107W. 

..ITCZ...8N78W 14N105W 10N125W 12N135W 10N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 150 NM S OF AXIS FROM 78W TO 82W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS FROM 
88W TO 92W AND WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS FROM 98W TO 103W.

...DISCUSSION...
A MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE BAJA PENINSULA 
TO 24N124W. ANOTHER ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS LOCATED OVER THE 
W COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 20N103W. A TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE TEXAS 
BIG BEND TO 22N117W. EXTENSIVE MOIST AIR EXISTS S OF 20N AND E 
OF 120W WITH MULTI LEVEL CLOUDS AND EMBEDDED AREAS OF 
CONVECTION. MID/UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS CENTERED 
NEAR 20N131W WITH MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE WITH DRY AIR AT 
THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COVERS THE DISCUSSION 
AREA N OF 15N W OF 120W. HOWEVER AT THE LOW LEVEL A WIDESPREAD 
AREA OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUD ARE N 
OF A LINE FROM 15N118W TO 20N140W. 
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TORRES