000 AXPZ20 KNHC 100315 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC FRI NOV 10 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 0300 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... TROPICAL DEPRESSION ROSA CENTERED NEAR 16.1N 105.4W OR 200 MILES SSW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AT 10/0300 UTC MOVING N 4 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM PRESSURE IS 1005 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMEP4/WTPZ24 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. AFTER SOME DEVELOPMENT EARLY TODAY THE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS BECOME MUCH LESS ORGANIZED AS SHEAR HAS BEGUN TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN THE SYSTEM. NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 100 NM OF THE POINT 14.2N103.6W. ...TROPICAL WAVES... NONE. ...ITCZ... ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG...7N77W 7N85W 13N110W 12N115W 7N130W 7N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 75 NM OF THE POINT 12.8N109.3W. ...DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM 22N106W TO THE ITCZ NEAR 126W. MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE AREA NEAR 19N143W AND IS CAUSING SOUTHERLY MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL MOIST FLOW SOUTH OF 22N WEST OF 128W. SOME SCATTERED TO BROKEN MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED IN THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS OBSERVED. AT THE SURFACE MODERATE RIDGE IS NORTH OF THE ITCZ WEST OF 115W WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS IN THIS AREA EXCEPT FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF 22N W OF 128W WHERE THERE ARE ONLY SCATTERED CLOUDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ELSEWHERE EXCEPT FOR THE TROPICAL SYSTEMS A BROAD TROUGH IS OBSERVED. $$