000 AXPZ20 KNHC 102153 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2205 UTC WED JUN 10 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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2100 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-E CENTERED NEAR 12.4N 98.7W AT 10/2100 UTC OR 226 NM SSW OF PUERTO ESCONDIDO MEXICO MOVING NW AT 8 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMEP3/WTPZ23 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. NUMEROUS MODERATE AND ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 240 NM IN THE N AND 150 NM IN THE S SEMICIRCLES. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 150 NM SE OF A LINE FROM 10N98W TO 08N105W. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A TURN TOWARD THE N AND THEN NNE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT... AND THEN TO A HURRICANE FRI AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO... PRIMARILY IN THE STATES OF OAXACA AND GUERRERO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 11N102W TO 05N115W TO 06N121W. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 06N121W TO 08N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 240 NM SE OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 107W AND 112W. ...DISCUSSION... A 1017 MB HIGH PRES CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 26N129W WITH VERY BROAD RIDGING EXTENDING TO THE SE TO NEAR 20N110W AND TO THE NW TO NEAR 30N134W. A WEAK PRES GRADIENT IS EVIDENT ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 110W BETWEEN THE RIDGING AND LOWER PRES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH. AS A RESULT...TRADES ARE AVERAGING ONLY MODERATE WITH SEAS OF 4-7 FT. EXPECT FRESH NW WINDS JUST OFFSHORE OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...WRAPPING AROUND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE PENINSULA WHERE THE PRES GRADIENT IS LOCALLY TIGHT. OTHERWISE...OUTSIDE OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION...EXPECT RELATIVELY BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DISCUSSION WATERS THROUGH THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. $$ LEWITSKY