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AXPZ20 KNHC 130912
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1005 UTC FRI JUN 13 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 
1500 UTC.

...ITCZ...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE IS CENTERED ALONG 9N84W 7N100W 
6N120W 7N130W TO 4N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION 
WITHIN 300 NM S OF AXIS FROM 91W-95W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS FROM 
111W-115W AND WITHIN 150 NM N OF AXIS FROM 129W-140W.

...DISCUSSION...
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ENTERS THE DISCUSSION AREA FROM 26N140W 
SE THROUGH 20N135W TO 8N122W. BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC 
FLOW COVERS THE AREA TO THE SW OF THIS TROUGH. MODERATE 
SUBSIDENCE IS N OF 15N BETWEEN 110W AND 130W. MID TO UPPER LEVEL 
ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS NOTED OVER NRN MEXICO NEAR 28N107W 
AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. A SECOND ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS 
OFF THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NEAR 28N115W. A SMALL MID/UPPER 
LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS S OF THE ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATIONS 
NEAR 23N112W.

SURFACE HIGH PRES RIDGE COVERS THE AREA N OF 10N W OF 105W. 
BROKEN/OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ARE N OF 15NW OF 125W AND N 
OF 23N BETWEEN 115W-125W.

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DGS