000 AXPZ20 KNHC 011605 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1605 UTC SAT AUG 01 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 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1545 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... AT 1500 UTC AUG 01...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO IS NEAR 13.5N 139.0W OR ABOUT 1145 MI ESE OF HILO HAWAII. GUILLERMO IS MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 12 KT WITH A TURN TO THE WNW AND DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRES IS ESTIMATED AT 970 MB ALONG WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 90 KT WITH GUSTS TO 110 KT. THE CLOUD PATTERN IS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS IT LOOKED YESTERDAY WHEN THERE WAS AN APPARENT EYE FEATURE OBSERVED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTION OCCURRING WITHIN 75 NM OF THE CENTER. SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTION IS ELSEWHERE WITHIN 180 NM OF THE CENTER. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS SEEN IN OUTER BANDS FROM 11N-17N BETWEEN 134W-136W...AND ALSO WITHIN 30 NM OF 16N129W. GUILLERMO IS FORECAST TO UNDERGO GRADUAL WEAKENING LATER TODAY AS IT NEARS 140W UNDER UNFAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS. SEE THE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADER MIATCMEP4/WTPZ24 KNHC FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ...TROPICAL WAVES... THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TROPICAL IS OVER SOUTHERN COSTA RICA...AND EXTENDS NORTHWARD TO ALONG THE COAST OF HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA...MOVING W 15 KT. ASSOCIATED CONVECTION IS DESCRIBED IN THE ATLANTIC TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION. A TROPICAL WAVE AXIS IS ANALYZED ALONG 108W FROM 06N-15N ...MOVING W AT 15-20 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM W OF WAVE FROM 09N-10N. BOTH SCATTEROMETER DATA AND FIRST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOW A RATHER NICE DEFINED NE TO SE ORIENTATION OF THE LOW CLOUDS WITHIN 180NM-240 NM ACROSS THE AXIS. MODELS SUGGEST THAT A WEAK SURFACE LOW MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE WAVE NEAR 10N DURING THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS... AND CONTINUE W WHILE THE WAVE LOSES IDENTITY. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE FAR SW CARIBBEAN SEA TO OFF THE PACIFIC COAST OF COSTA RICA NEAR 09N85W...AND CONTINUES TO 08N92W TO 09N99W WHERE SCATTEROMETER WINDS INDICATE A TRANSITION TO AN ITCZ WHICH CONTINUES TO 09N108W AND BRIEFLY ENDS. IT BEGINS AGAIN AT 08N111W TO 06N120W TO 5N127W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS N OF 03N BETWEEN 78W-81W...AND WITHIN 60 NM OF THE ITCZ W OF 137W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS ALSO OBSERVED WITHIN 60 NM OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM 17N-23N. ...DISCUSSION... A 1018 MB SURFACE HIGH IS MEANDERING NEAR 27N126W WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SEWD TO NEAR 18N115W. THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND THE BAJA CALIFORNIA THERMAL TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR NW 15-20 KT WINDS TO EXIST WITHIN ABOUT 150 NM OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SEAS OF 5-7 FT...GRADUALLY BUILDING TO 5-8 FT BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. CROSS-EQUATORIAL SWELLS WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 7-8 FT WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE N ACROSS THE TROPICS S OF 12N BETWEEN 95W- 130W TODAY THROUGH SUN...THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT THROUGH THE GULF ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH MON...THEN MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THESE WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT BEGINNING MON NIGHT. INDUCED SEAS OF 7-8 FT FROM PREVIOUS 20-25 KT WINDS THROUGH THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE WSW AND MIX WITH THE LONG PERIOD CROSS EQUATORIAL SWELLS. GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...EXPECT A BRIEF OCCURRENCE OF 15-20 KT NLY DRAINAGE FLOW WITH SEAS OF 5-7 FT EARLY ON SUN. $$ AGUIRRE