000 AXPZ20 KNHC 210215 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC THU SEP 21 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 0215 UTC. ...ITCZ... AXIS ALONG 7N78W 11N95W 10N100W 9N120W 6N140W. PATCHES OF SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM OF THE AXIS FROM 80W TO 100W. ...TROPICAL WAVES... TROPICAL WAVE 133W S OF 17N MOVING W NEAR 10 KT. NO SSIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. TROPICAL LOWS... A 1008 MB LOW NEAR 16N105W IS MOVING W 10 KT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN 150 NM OF THE CENTER. THE SYSTEM IS VERY DISORGANIZED. A 1010 MB LOW...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MIRIAM IS LOCATED ABOUT 275 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. ...DISCUSSION... A MID-UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 32N120W TO A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION NEAR 27N130W THEN S TO 18N131W. STRONG UPPER WINDS AND DRY AIR ARE WITHIN 200 NM ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TROUGH ANOTHER TROUGH IS BROAD UPPER RIDGE ALONG CENTRAL MEXICO DOMINATES THE REST OF THE AREA E OF 120W. EXTENSIVE TROPICAL MOISTURE IS S OF 28N E OF 130W MOVING INTO MEXICO AND THE SW U. S. $$ TORRES SUAREZ