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AXPZ20 KNHC 140328
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0405 UTC WED MAY 14 2008

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

BASED ON 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300 UTC.

...ITCZ...

07N77W 07N87W 09N95W 11N102W 7N108W 4N115W 7N129W 7N134W 5N140W.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 07N TO 08N 
BETWEEN 81W AND 82W EVEN IN THE PANAMA COASTAL PLAINS...AND 
FROM 08N TO 09N BETWEEN 102W AND 103W. SCATTERED MODERATE
SHOWERS TO ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 05N TO 06N
BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...FROM 13N TO 14N BETWEEN 106W AND
107W...FROM 10N TO 11N BETWEEN 109W AND 111W...FROM
02N TO 04N BETWEEN 109W AND 111W...FROM 08N TO 09N
BETWEEN 114W AND 118W...AND FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN
127W AND 128W.

...DISCUSSION...

A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM A SOUTHEASTERN
ARIZONA CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER NEAR 33N111W TO 25118W AND 
TO 21N116W. A SHEAR AXIS CONTINUES WESTWARD FROM 21N116W TO 
24N135W. A CUT-OFF MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION 
CENTER IS NEAR 21N147W...ABOUT 480 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF HAWAII. 
UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 25N118W 21N116W 
TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA 
BEYOND NORTHERN MEXICO. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS ALONG 24N127W
15N130W.

BROAD UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS AREA NORTH OF 
30N BETWEEN 120W AND 140W...WITH AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION 
CENTER NEAR 36N132W.

BROAD UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE AREA
NORTH OF 10N EAST OF 110W.

SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 104W/105W FROM 12N TO 16N.
AN EARLIER AREA OF STRONG PRECIPITATION WAS ALONG
THE NORTHERN END OF THE TROUGH. WARMING CLOUD TOP
TEMPERATURES AND DISSIPATING CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION
ARE AROUND THIS TROUGH FROM 12N TO 16N BETWEEN 103W AND 108W.

A SEPARATE SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 104W/105W FROM 04N TO 11N. 
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 08N TO 09N 
BETWEEN 102W AND 103W.

A SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 130W/131W FROM 5N TO 10N.
NO ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION ACCOMPANIES THIS TROUGH.

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