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AXPZ20 KNHC 101522
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1605 UTC TUE JUN 10 2008

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

BASED ON 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
1500 UTC.

...TROPICAL WAVES...

TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 81W N OF 04N MOVE W 10-15 KT. LITTLE 
CONVECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE IN THE PACIFIC BUT SOME 
ENHANCED CONVECTION IS IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WHERE THE WAVE 
EXTENDS NORTH TO NEAR 20N.

...ITCZ...

INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE IS ALONG THE LINE...06N77W TO 
05N95W TO 08N105W TO 09N130W TO 07N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN THE AREA FROM 
03.5N TO 06N FROM 86W TO 91W.

...DISCUSSION...

THE AREA WEST OF 110W IS DRY AND CLOUD FREE IN THE MIDDLE AND 
UPPER LEVELS WITH OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 
22N140W TO 15N120W TO 15N110W. ELSEWHERE NORTH OF 15N BROKEN 
STRATOCUMULUS IS OBSERVED. EVEN THE ITCZ WEST OF 105W HAS ONLY A 
COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. BROAD MIDDLE AND UPPER 
CYCLONIC FLOW DOMINATES THIS AREA. 

THE AREA FROM 12N TO 21N EAST OF 110W HAS MULTI LAYER BROKEN TO 
OVERCAST CLOUDS. CONVECTION WITHIN THIS AREA WITHIN 120 NM OF 
THE MEXICAN COAST HAS DIMINISHED IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. 

MULTI LEVEL BROKEN CLOUDS ARE LOCATED NORTH OF THE ITCZ TO 12N 
EAST OF 100W WITH SOME CONVECTION MAINLY IN THE ITCZ WITH A FEW 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE MEXICAN COAST.

AT THE SURFACE WEAK RIDGE IS NORTH OF 12N WEST OF 118W. BROAD 
TROUGH IS ANALYZED ELSEWHERE.

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