000 AXPZ20 KNHC 282157 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1605 UTC WED MAR 28 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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2145 UTC. ...ITCZ... ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 6N78W 8N100W 7N110W 6N120W 5N130W 4N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 60 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 122W-125W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 111W-117W. ...DISCUSSION... MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS OVER THE W PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION AREA WITH AXIS ALONG 131W. ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVER THE AREA W OF 125W. OTHER THEN SOME HIGH CLOUDS FROM 21N-27N W OF 130W... MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR EXTENDS FROM 10N-27N W OF 120W...AND ALSO NW OF LINE 20N106W 11N120W. A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM A STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC OVER THE CIRCULATION OVER THE SW U.S. SWWD ACROSS GULF OF CALIFORNIA TO 23N113W. A JET STREAM BRANCH WITH MAXIMUM WINDS IN THE RANGE 95-110 KT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA NEWD TO ACROSS NRN MEXICO AND THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS NOTED THROUGH 11N99W 7N98W 3N95W. THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN BECOMES CLEARLY DIFFLUENT S OF 14N BETWEEN 97W-105W. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING EXTENDS ALONG THE CENTRAL MEXICAN COAST FROM PANAMA TO NRN COSTA RICA AND TO ACROSS GUATEMALA AND SE MEXICO. MID/UPPER ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE ERN PART OF THE PACIFIC N OF 5N E OF 99W. ITCZ MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS LIFTING NWD AROUND THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. MOSTLY MODERATE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR IS NOTED S OF THE ITCZ E OF 105W. AT THE SURFACE...FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 32N126W THROUGH 25N120W TO 20N110W. HIGH PRES COVERS THE AREA N OF 15N AND W OF 110W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS MOVING WSW WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE SEEN N OF 14N W OF 128W...AND ALSO FROM 14N-21N BETWEEN 111W-136W. $$ AGUIRRE 000 AXPZ20 KNHC 282157 RRA TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2205 UTC WED MAR 28 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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2145 UTC. ...ITCZ... ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 6N78W 8N100W 7N110W 6N120W 5N130W 4N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 60 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 122W-125W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 111W-117W. ...DISCUSSION... MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS OVER THE W PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION AREA WITH AXIS ALONG 131W. ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVER THE AREA W OF 125W. OTHER THEN SOME HIGH CLOUDS FROM 21N-27N W OF 130W... MODERATE TO STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR EXTENDS FROM 10N-27N W OF 120W...AND ALSO NW OF LINE 20N106W 11N120W. A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM A STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC OVER THE CIRCULATION OVER THE SW U.S. SWWD ACROSS GULF OF CALIFORNIA TO 23N113W. A JET STREAM BRANCH WITH MAXIMUM WINDS IN THE RANGE 95-110 KT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA NEWD TO ACROSS NRN MEXICO AND THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS NOTED THROUGH 11N99W 7N98W 3N95W. THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN BECOMES CLEARLY DIFFLUENT S OF 14N BETWEEN 97W-105W. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING EXTENDS ALONG THE CENTRAL MEXICAN COAST FROM PANAMA TO NRN COSTA RICA AND TO ACROSS GUATEMALA AND SE MEXICO. MID/UPPER ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE ERN PART OF THE PACIFIC N OF 5N E OF 99W. ITCZ MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS LIFTING NWD AROUND THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. MOSTLY MODERATE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR IS NOTED S OF THE ITCZ E OF 105W. AT THE SURFACE...FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 32N126W THROUGH 25N120W TO 20N110W. HIGH PRES COVERS THE AREA N OF 15N AND W OF 110W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS AND STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS MOVING WSW WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE SEEN N OF 14N W OF 128W...AND ALSO FROM 14N-21N BETWEEN 111W-136W. $$ AGUIRRE