000 AXNT20 KNHC 061719 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT TUE APR 06 2010 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...AND RADAR. BASED ON 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1645 UTC... ...THE ITCZ... FROM THE SIERRA LEONE COAST NEAR 5N9W TO 2N20W 1N30W 2N43W... INTO NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL NEAR 1N51W. ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS ARE TO THE SOUTH OF 2N21W 2N36W 3N50W 8N53W 9N60W. SCATTERED STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN 30 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 3N1W 2N5W 3N8W 4N9W 6N11W. ...DISCUSSION... FROM THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA TO THE NORTH OF 16N... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 27N84W BEYOND 23N82W TO 80W IN CUBA...TO THE WATERS THAT ARE BETWEEN JAMAICA AND HAITI. BROAD MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA TO THE NORTH OF 16N. THE REST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO... UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW IS PUSHING MOISTURE ACROSS MEXICO TO THE NORTH OF 22N. PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS MOISTURE MOVES FROM MEXICO INTO TEXAS AND BEYOND. A TINY BIT OF THE MOISTURE IS TO THE NORTH OF 25N TO THE WEST OF 93W. THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA... UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW MOVES FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA...TO THE SOUTH OF HONDURAS. THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALSO MOVES FROM SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA AND FROM NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA ACROSS THE OPEN WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF 17N BETWEEN 80W AND 86W...INTO INTERIOR SECTIONS OF HONDURAS... NICARAGUA...AND NORTHERN COSTA RICA. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALSO WITHIN 60 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 15N79W 18N73W AT THE COAST OF HAITI. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE EAST OF A LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH 32N33W TO 26N40W 23N50W TO 22N60W. A TROUGH ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY EXTENDS FROM A 32N43W CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER TO 24N59W AND 22N65W. A SECOND TROUGH DROPS INTO THE AREA PASSING THROUGH 32N58W TO 27N66W. A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH 32N33W TO 24N40W TO 21N44W. A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT CONTINUES FROM 21N44W TO 18N50W. A REMNANT CLOUD LINE CONTINUES FROM 18N50W TO 12N60W. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE TO THE NORTH OF 24N BETWEEN 30W AND 40W. A SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM A 1006 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 32N43W TO 30N40W 23N46W TO 18N56W. UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AROUND A RIDGE THAT PASSES THROUGH THE MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO TO THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. BROAD SURFACE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IS TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT AND TROUGH...TO THE NORTH OF 19N TO THE WEST OF 54W... AROUND A 1023 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 30N76W. SURFACE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IS TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT...MOVING AROUND A RIDGE THAT PASSES THROUGH A 1021 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 32N21W TO 27N24W TO 18N29W 13N39W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT