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AXPZ20 KNHC 090903
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION                                      
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                         
1005 UTC WED SEP 09 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 23.2N 116.3W 969 MB AT 0900 
UTC SEP 09 MOVING NNW OR 325 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS WERE 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. NUMEROUS MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
WITHIN 80 NM SW SEMICIRCLE. SCATTERED MODERATE ELSEWHERE FROM 
20N TO 26N BETWEEN 115W AND 123W. VERTICAL SHEAR HAS STARTED TO 
NEGATIVELY AFFECT LINDA...WITH A WEAKENING TREND FORECAST FOR 
THE SYSTEM. THE EYE OF LINDA HAS BECOME OBSCURE AND THE SYSTEM 
SEEMS TO BE RAPIDLY WEAKENING SWELLS GENERATED BY LINDA ARE 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE PACIFIC COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
SUR TONIGHT. THESE SWELL WILL BRING LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND 
RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS. 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 8N81W TO 9N100W THEN RESUMES FROM 15N122W TO 
9N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 240 NM S 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 88W-95W AND WITHIN 280 NM N OF AXIS FROM 87W TO 
100W AND FROM 8N-13N BETWEEN 112W-133W.

...DISCUSSION...

MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH N TO NE WINDS PREVAIL OVER THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AREA W OF OF LINDA...GENERATED BY ANTICYCLONIC 
FLOW WITH SEAS ACROSS NW PORTIONS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 6-8 FT 
IN MIXED SWELL AND WILL SUBSIDE TO LESS THAN 8 FT LATER THIS 
MORNING.

CROSS-EQUATORIAL SW SWELL DOMINATES MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF  
THE AREA AND CONTINUES TO SUBSIDE. THE HIGHEST SEAS ARE JUST S 
OF THE EQUATOR AND SW OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS...UP TO 8 FT.

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DGS