000 AXNT20 KNHC 280614 AAA TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...AMD NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012 AMENDED IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SECTION 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...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS. BASED ON 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0515 UTC. ...TROPICAL WAVES... AN ATLANTIC OCEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 20N40W 14N41W 10N41W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 42W AND 46W. MOVING W AT 15-20 KT THROUGH THE CENTRAL TRPCL ATLC FROM 20N39W TO 10N39W. A SURGE OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SHOWS UP IN THE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY. A CLEARING IS IN THE WIDESPREAD SAHARAN AIR LAYER IN MUCH OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN. EARLIER ASCAT SCATTEROMETER DATA SHOWED A LOW LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THE WAVE. AN ATLANTIC OCEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 20N58W 14N59W 9N59W. THIS WAVE IS ABOUT 40 NM TO THE EAST OF BARBADOS...AND ABOUT 120 NM TO THE EAST OF THE REST OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ISLANDS. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 13N TO 18N BETWEEN 55W AND 59W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 58W AND 63W...MOVING FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA. A TROPICAL WAVE IS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG 21N92W 18N93W 14N93W...AND THROUGH THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC OF MEXICO. SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION WAS EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA INTO NORTHERN GUATEMALA AROUND 27/2015 UTC. THAT PRECIPITATION DISSIPATED AND IT GAVE WAY TO NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION THAT COVERED THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC AND NEARBY COASTAL WATERS AROUND 28/0145 UTC. THE CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES IN THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC PRECIPITATION HAVE BEEN WARMING DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. SOME PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. ...THE ITCZ/THE MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH PASSES THROUGH COASTAL GUINEA-BISSAU NEAR 12N16W TO 10N24W 10N33W AND 9N45W. THE ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 9N45W TO 8N51W AND 9N57W. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 9N TO 13N BETWEEN AFRICA AND 19W... FROM 7N TO 10N BETWEEN 24W AND 34W...ISOLATED MODERATE FROM 7N TO 11N BETWEEN 38W AND 60W. ...DISCUSSION... THE GULF OF MEXICO... AN UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS NEAR 29N100W ALONG THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER. CYCLONIC WIND FLOW THAT IS MOVING AROUND THE CENTER COVERS TEXAS...MEXICO...AND THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM 26N TO 33N BETWEEN 96W AND 102W. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...THROUGH THE WESTERN ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC TO A WEAKENING CYCLONIC CENTER THAT IS ABOUT 120 NM TO THE SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC. A TROPICAL WAVE IS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG 21N92W 18N93W 14N93W...AND THROUGH THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC OF MEXICO.SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION WAS EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA INTO NORTHERN GUATEMALA AROUND 27/2015 UTC. THAT PRECIPITATION DISSIPATED AND IT GAVE WAY TO NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION THAT COVERED THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC AND NEARBY COASTAL WATERS AROUND 28/0145 UTC. THE CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES IN THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC PRECIPITATION HAVE BEEN WARMING DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. SOME PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. A 1019 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IS NEAR 27N88W. THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IS PART OF A RIDGE THAT PASSES THROUGH 24N68W IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS...TO THE 27N88W HIGH CENTER...AND EVENTUALLY TOWARD THE MIDDLE TO UPPER TEXAS GULF OF MEXICO COAST. THE CARIBBEAN SEA... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS NEAR 22N76W...IN THE WATERS THAT ARE BETWEEN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS. CYCLONIC WIND THAT IS MOVING AROUND THE CENTER COVERS THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM JAMAICA AND HISPANIOLA TO 27N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W. EARLIER CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION THAT WAS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA-SIDE COASTAL AREAS OF CUBA HAS DISSIPATED ALREADY. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW TO MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS ARE TO THE NORTH OF 15N TO THE EAST OF 78W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE CLOUDS THAT ARE MOVING EASTWARD. A MIDDLE LEVEL INVERTED TROUGH IS ALONG 17N71W...OFF THE COAST OF HISPANIOLA...TO 15N73W TO 11N75W NEAR THE COLOMBIA COAST. COMPARATIVELY DRIER AIR IN SUBSIDENCE COVERS MUCH OF THE AREA THAT IS TO THE EAST OF 80W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 58W AND 63W...MOVING FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE MONSOON TROUGH PASSES THROUGH 8N74W IN COLOMBIA...THROUGH 9N80W IN PANAMA...AND BEYOND 9N83W IN COSTA RICA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 5N TO 9N BETWEEN 74W AND 80W. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2...AND THE OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST...MIAOFFNT3 FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE 25 TO 30 KNOT WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 10 TO 14 FEET FROM 12N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W... DIMINISHING TO 20 KNOTS AFTER 24 HOURS OR SO. THE AREA THAT IS FROM 10N TO 18N BETWEEN 68W AND 83W WILL EXPERIENCE 20 TO 25 KNOT WINDS AND SEA HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 FEET FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... AN UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS/TROUGH PASSES THROUGH 32N47W TO 29N53W...TO A 23N59W CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER. THE TROUGH CONTINUES FROM 23N59W TO 16N59W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 22N TO 25N BETWEEN 56W AND 60W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALSO FROM 17N TO 21N BETWEEN 58W AND 62W FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA. A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM A 1018 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 33N61W...TO 30N61W 27N65W AND 28N70W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 25N TO 30N BETWEEN 60W AND 73W. A SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 26N54W TO 22N57W. THIS TROUGH USED TO BE PART OF THE 20N58W 9N59W TROPICAL WAVE. A 23N59W CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER IS NEARBY. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 22N TO 25N BETWEEN 56W AND 60W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALSO FROM 17N TO 21N BETWEEN 58W AND 62W FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS ALONG 31N23W 28N27W 20N32W. BROKEN LOW TO MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAINSHOWERS ARE TO THE NORTH OF 25N43W 25N34W 31N20W. BROAD SURFACE ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE NORTH OF 27N TO THE EAST OF 52W. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2...FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT 20 TO 25 KNOT WINDS AND 8 TO 9 FOOT SEA HEIGHTS THAT ACCOMPANY NOW AND THAT WILL ACCOMPANY IN THE FUTURE THE 20N40W 10N41W TROPICAL WAVE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT