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AXPZ20 KNHC 260933
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION                                     
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                         
1005 UTC THU FEB 26 2015

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM  
THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS 
BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND 
METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 
0900 UTC. 
                  
...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...

MONSOON TROUGH FROM 9N85W TO 6N96W. ITCZ FROM 6N96W TO 7N120W 
TO 3N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 
60 NM S OF AXIS FROM 107W-116W.
 
...DISCUSSION... 

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS ACROSS THE SW PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION 
AREA. THE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION JUST W OF 
THE AREA NEAR 16N142W TO 10N135W. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE E OF 
THE TROUGH IS ENHANCING MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 14N-17N BETWEEN 
134W-138W. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE E OF THE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM AN 
ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION NEAR 23N130W TO 32N137WW. A BROAD 
TROUGH IS S OF THE RIDGE. A 90-110 KT WLY JETSTREAM EXTENDS FROM 
28N116W INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. STRONG SUBSIDENCE WITH DRY AND 
STABLE AIR AT THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS HAS SUPPRESSED 
CONVECTION E OF 110W.

LARGE NW SWELL IN THE IN THE 8-10 FT RANGE ARE N OF 18N W OF 
135W WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

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DGS