000 AXNT20 KNHC 080524 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT MON OCT 08 2012 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... TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDS FROM 16N35W TO 8N33W MOVING W AT 10-15 KT. THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THE MONSOON TROUGH THAT IS CENTERED NEAR THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE WAVE WHERE A 1011 MB SURFACE LOW HAS BEEN ANALYZED. THE WAVE CONTINUES TO LIE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF A SURGE OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE PRESENT IN TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY. CONVECTION IS LIMITED TO THE MONSOON TROUGH REGION NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 5N-9N BETWEEN 32W-35W. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN IS FROM 18N82W TO 11N81W MOVING W AT 15 KT. THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN BROAD MONSOONAL FLOW AROUND AN EXTENSION OF THE E PAC MONSOON TROUGH. ONLY A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE NEAR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WAVE... WHILE MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS NEAR THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE WAVE NEAR THE MONSOON TROUGH. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE COAST OF SENEGAL AT 16N17W TO 8N33W TO 7N44W. AN ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 7N44W TO THE COAST OF GUYANA AT 6N58W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS ALONG THE COAST OF WEST AFRICA FROM 3N-9N BETWEEN 11W-15W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 2N-7N BETWEEN 26W-29W...AND FROM 5N-10N BETWEEN 35W-42W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... AS OF 0300 UTC...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM N FLORIDA AT 30N83W TO 27N90W TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO AT 23N98W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS OVER THE E GULF OF MEXICO FROM 24N-29N BETWEEN 84W-89W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS S OF 24N BETWEEN 80W-97W. 15-20 KT NORTHERLY WINDS ARE N OF THE FRONT WHILE 10 KT EASTERLY WINDS ARE S OF THE FRONT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS OVER THE GULF WITH AXIS ALONG 95W. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE E OF THE TROUGH AXIS IS ENHANCING THE CONVECTION OVER THE E GULF. EXPECT THE FRONT TO EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO IN 24 HOURS WITH CONTINUED CONVECTION. CARIBBEAN SEA... A TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER THE W CARIBBEAN. SEE ABOVE. A LAX SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA WITH PREDOMINATELY 10 KT EASTERLY WINDS. A MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM N COLOMBIA AT 11N74W TO BEYOND COSTA RICA AT 9N84W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS ALONG THE COAST OF N COLOMBIA FROM 11N-13N BETWEEN 72W-75W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE ELSEWHERE...OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN S OF 14N. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS OVER THE W CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA W OF 80W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA FROM COSTA RICA TO GUATEMALA. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED OVER HISPANIOLA NEAR 19N72W PRODUCING WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION OVER HAITI AND E CUBA FROM 18N-21N BETWEEN 72W-79W. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE E OF THIS LOW IS ENHANCING THE WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM 16N-18N BETWEEN 60W-66W. EXPECT SIMILAR CONVECTION OVER THE CARIBBEAN FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ATLANTIC OCEAN... 10 KT SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS ARE ALONG THE FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE N OF 26N W OF 74W. A 1009 MB LOW IS CENTERED OVER THE S BAHAMAS NEAR 22N72W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 23N-26N BETWEEN 71W-74W. A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT IS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC FROM 32N22W TO 23N40W TO 25N56W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 90 NM OF THE FRONT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED NE OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS NEAR 22N55W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 21N-26N BETWEEN 50W-55W. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORMOSA