000 AXNT20 KNHC 160603 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT FRI APR 16 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 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND GOES-13 SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0415 AND METEOSAT-9 IMAGERY THROUGH 0530 UTC... ...THE ITCZ... FROM COASTAL LIBERIA NEAR 6N10W TO 2N20W...TO THE EQUATOR ALONG 30W...ALONG THE EQUATOR BETWEEN 30W AND 46W...CROSSING THE EQUATOR INTO NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL NEAR 2S55W. ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS TO LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE TO THE SOUTH OF 7N TO THE EAST OF 50W...AND FROM 5N TO 9N BETWEEN 52W AND 60W. STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FROM BRAZIL NEAR 1S TO THE COASTS OF GUYANA AND SURINAME BETWEEN 55W AND 59W. THE GULF OF MEXICO... BROAD MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF 26N BETWEEN 92W AND 101W. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC...IN THE MEXICO COASTAL PLAINS FROM 17N TO 25N TO THE EAST OF 100W...FROM 24N TO 26N BETWEEN 101W AND 105W...AND IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA...AND TO THE NORTH OF 15N BETWEEN 80W AND 82W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS DISSIPATING IN SOUTH TEXAS TO THE SOUTH OF 31N BETWEEN 97W AND 101W. THE CARIBBEAN SEA... UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA. A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM A 1011 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 21N54W TO A 1011 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FROM 16N TO 19N BETWEEN 80W AND 82W. STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE COASTAL PLAINS OF VENEZUELA...FROM 8N TO 9N BETWEEN 63W AND 66W...AND FROM 11N TO 12N BETWEEN 66W AND 69W. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... PASSING THROUGH 32N58W TO 24N58W. THE TROUGH SUPPORTS THE COLD FRONT THAT PASSES THROUGH 32N50W TO 23N53W...AND EVENTUALLY FEEDING INTO THE 1011 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 21N54W ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 30 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 20N54W 23N50W 27N47W BEYOND 32N46W. UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW COVERS THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE NORTH OF 22N TO THE EAST OF 35W. BROAD SURFACE CYCLONIC FLOW IS TO THE NORTH OF 25N TO THE EAST OF 30W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT