000 AXPZ20 KNHC 070906 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1005 UTC MON SEP 07 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. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... HURRICANE LINDA WAS CENTERED NEAR 16.7N 112.4W 982 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 07 MOVING NW OR 315 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. NUMEROUS STRONG FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 109W AND 113W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 21N BETWEEN 102W AND 114W. LINDA IS MOVING THROUGH A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH A MOIST AIR MASS. THIS HAS LED TO THE SYSTEM RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING TO HURRICANE STRENGTH. LINDA IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NW. REFER TO THE LAST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMEP5/WTPZ25 KNHC FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH FROM 8N84W TO 9N90W TO 12N99W...THEN CONTINUES FROM 10N120W 7N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION FROM 6N-11N BETWEEN 115W-125W. ...DISCUSSION... TROPICAL STORM JIMENA REMAINS W OF THE FORECAST AREA. SEAS GENERATED BY JIMENA OVER THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA...WITH SEAS TO 8 FT N OF 24N W OF 139W. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO SUBSIDE TO LESS THAN 8 FT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE WESTERN WATERS OUTSIDE OF THE INFLUENCE OF LINDA. CROSS-EQUATORIAL SW SWELL IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SWELL...WITH PERIODS IN THE 19-21 SECOND RANGE...HAS MOVED ONTO THE PACIFIC COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE SWELL IS BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE ELSEWHERE...BUT REMAINS IN THE 17-19 SECOND PERIOD RANGE. THIS SWELL IS BRINGING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND RIP CURRENTS. $$ DGS