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AXPZ20 KNHC 260919
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1005 UTC SAT APR 26 2008

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM 
THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W. 

BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
0900 UTC.

...ITCZ...
ITCZ AXIS ALONG 04N78W TO 06N105W TO 03N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 180 NM N OF AXIS FROM 
135 TO 140W AND FROM 8N-10N BETWEEN 108W-15W.

...DISCUSSION...
MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS/AMPLIFIES OVER THE WESTERN 
PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION. THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS NORTHWARD FROM 
AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTERED NEAR 18N129W TO 32N128W. 
MULTI-LAYERED CLOUDS AND MOISTURE SPREAD E...N OF 10N W OF 130W. 
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA ACROSS
CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA TO 20N119W. MODERATE TO STRONG 
SUBSIDENCE WITHIN A BROAD AREA OF TROUGHING DOMINATES THE AREA N 
OF 20N. ELSEWHERE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM COLOMBIA NW 
THROUGH NICARAGUA TO 12N112W. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE NOTED N OF 
THE RIDGE AXIS WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE S OF THE RIDGE 
AXIS. 

HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA NEAR 34N130W WITH ASSOCIATED RIDGE 
EXTENDING SE FROM THE HIGH TO 14N109W.

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DGS