000 AXPZ20 KNHC 260340 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC SUN NOV 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 0300 UTC. ...ITCZ... AXIS ALONG...8N82W 5N95W 9N115W 7N130W 5N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS LOCATED FROM 8N TO 11N BETWEEN 113W AND 118W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS LOCATED WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF A 10N121W 8N127W LINE. ...DISCUSSION... N OF 20N... A MIDDLE/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA N OF 20N WITH THE AXIS LOCATED ALONG 129W. A STRONG SUBTROPICAL JET MARKS THE BASE OF THE TROUGH EXTENDING THROUGH 23N140W TO 21N128W ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. THE JET IS STRONGEST E OF THE TROUGH AXIS WITH SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS JUST OVER 100 KNOTS. S OF 20N... BROAD RIDGING ALOFT COVERS THE AREA ROUGHLY S OF 20N BETWEEN 100W AND 125W. STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALOFT COVERS THE SE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AREA. NORTH WINDS IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC ARE IN THE 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE AND WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. $$ CAB