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AXPZ20 KNHC 061526
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION     
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1605 UTC SAT JAN 06 2007

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 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1500 UTC.

...ITCZ...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...6N77W 5N100W 5N120W 3N140W.  
SCATTERED MODERATE 120 NM WIDE 105W TO 115W. 

...DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR
A TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 32N119W TO  A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION NEAR 
17N127W. THE SUBTROPICAL JET EXTENDS WITHIN 200 NM SE OF THE 
TROUGH BRINGING STRONG WESTERLIES  AND TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO 
NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE SW U.S. ANOTHER TROUGH OVER NE MEXICO IS 
MOVING RAPIDLY NE AND BRINGING MOISTURE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO 
AND THE SOUTHERN U. S. A LARGE RIDGE DOMINATES THE SE PART OF 
THE AREA AND IS PUMPING  MOISTURE NE IN AREA E OF 100W.

SURFACE
A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDS FROM A 1040MB CENTER AT 34N138W TO 16N108W.
 THIS STRONG HIGH IS PRODUCING GALE FORCE NE WINDS AND SEAS TO 
20 FT IN AREAS W OF 120W N OF 15N. ELSEWHERE STRONG EASTERLIES 
RULE W OF 115W. ANOTHER GALE EVENT IS OVER THE GULF OF 
CALIFORNIA WITH STRONG NLY WINDS AND SEAS TO 12 FT.

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TORRES