000 AXPZ20 KNHC 260952 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1005 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 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0900 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 HAS INCREASED AND IS NEARLY SYMMETRICAL AROUND THE CENTER. EMILIA CONTINUES TO MOVE NW AND WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OVER COLDER WATERS. NUMEROUS MODERATE AND SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 90 NM OF THE CENTER. ...TROPICAL WAVES... TROPICAL WAVE N OF 4N ALONG 78W MOVING W 15 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 3N-9N BETWEEN 76W-80W. TROPICAL WAVE N OF 3N ALONG 89W MOVING W 15 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE ITCZ CONVECTION FROM 7N-10N BETWEEN 88W-92W. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 110W N OF 4N MOVING W 10-15 KT. ..ITCZ... AXIS 9N80W 9N100W 13N115W 8N128W 10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM OF 10.5N103W. ...DISCUSSION... TROPICAL STORM EMILIA IS SITUATED BETWEEN A WEAK UPPER LOW TO THE WEST CENTERED NEAR 22N118W AND AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE NEAR 22N105W. IN THIS LOW SHEAR ENVIRONMENT DEEP CONVECTION HAS INCREASED NEAR THE CYCLONE CENTER DESPITE MOVING POLEWARD INTO COOLER SST WATERS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS SE FROM A STRONG TUTT CELL CENTERED NEAR 32N148W TO 14N125W. THIS FEATURE IS PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE N OF 12N W OF 120W. STRONG UPPER LEVEL EAST WINDS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE E PACIFIC S OF 17N E OF 120W. CONVECTION DEVELOPING NEAR THE ITCZ IS UNORGANIZED AND SHORT-LIVED DUE TO THIS STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. $$ MUNDELL