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AXPZ20 KNHC 072127
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2205 UTC WED MAY 07 2008

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

BASED ON 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
2100 UTC.

...ITCZ...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG THE LINE...05N77W TO 
02N100W TO 06105W TO 05N125W TO 04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 75 NM OF THE POINT 9.5N105W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 100 NM OF THE 
POINT 10.5N109.5W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITH ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM OF THE POINT 06.5N124W.

...DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD TROUGH IS NORTH OF A LINE 30N99W TO 26N105W TO 30N116W TO 
30N125W TO 16N130W TO 19N140W. THE AREA IS MOSTLY DRY AND CLOUD 
FREE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS. THE EXCEPTION IS AN AREA OF 
UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WITH BROKEN HIGH CLOUDS FROM 20N TO 29N 
FROM 125W TO 132W. THIS AREA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIFLUENT 
FLOW IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF A LARGE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION 
CENTERED NEAR 21N132W. IN THE LOWER LEVEL BROKEN TO OVERCAST 
STRATOCUMULUS IS OBSERVED.

REMAINDER OF THE AREA IS BROAD ANTICYCLONIC FLOW.

ENHANCED CONVECTION IS IN THE ITCZ FROM 103W TO 127W. UPPER 
LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THIS CONVECTION IS SPREADING NORTH WITH 
MULTI LEVEL CLOUDS NORTH OF THE ITCZ TO 27N FROM 100W TO 125W.

THE AREA EAST OF 100W IS DRY AND CLOUD FREE IN THE MIDDLE AND 
UPPER LEVELS EXCEPT FOR SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION AND CLOUDINESS 
FROM THE GULF OF PANAMA SOUTHWEST TO MALPELO ISLAND.

SURFACE...
MODERATE RIDGE IS NORTH OF THE ITCZ WEST OF 108W. ELSEWHERE 
BROAD TROUGH IS ANALYZED.

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DGS