000 AXPZ20 KNHC 282054 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2230 UTC FRI JUL 28 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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2030 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF FORMER TROPICAL DEPRESSION EMILIA IS LOCATED ABOUT 425 MILES WEST OF PUNTA EUGENIA MEXICO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST BRANCH UNDER WMO HEADER FZPN03 KNHC AND AWIPS HEADER MIAHSFEP2. AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER HAS FORMED ABOUT 525 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO. SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH. ...TROPICAL WAVES... TROPICAL WAVE N OF 3N ALONG 91W IS MOVING W 10-15 KT. SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 45 NM OF 13N92W. TROPICAL WAVE N OF 3N ALONG 104W IS MOVING W 10 KT. ISOLATED CONVECTION IS WITHIN 80 NM OF THE AXIS.. TROPICAL WAVE N OF 3N ALONG 126W IS MOVING W 10-15 KT. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. ..ITCZ... 8N78W 9N95W 10N100W 13N110W 9N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG 100 NM WIDE FROM 78W TO 100W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG 120 NM WIDE FROM 110W TO 116W. SCATTERED MODERATE 60 NM WIDE 124W TO 140W. ...DISCUSSION... WEST OF 125W N OF 15N... MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS INTO THE AREA THROUGH 32N126W AND EXETNDS SW TO 27N134.5W MID/UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS/TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 32N139W SW TO 28N140W . UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC TURNING IS NOTED W OF 136W IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LARGE CYCLONIC VORTEX W OF THE AREA. THE FLOW IS GENERALLY E-SE ACROSS THIS AREA WITH ABUNDANT MODERATE AND DRY AIR. MID/UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS NEAR 27N123W MOVING W 15-20 KT. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS N OF 18N BETWEEN 114W-121W. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS BEING TRANSPORTED WESTWARD WITH THIS NE FLOW MAINLY S OF 24N BETWEEN 118W-125W AND OVER ENTIRE AREA E OF 118W. $$ TORRES