000 AXNT20 KNHC 250541 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 105 AM EST WED FEB 25 2015 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. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... ...GALE WARNING FOR THE SW CARIBBEAN... A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT OFF THE NW COAST OF COLOMBIA FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. THE GALE IS FORECAST TO END AT 1200 UTC. THE GALE IS FORECAST TO RESUME AT 0600 UTC THU AND END AGAIN AT 0000 UTC FRI. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HIGH SEAS FORECAST UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. ...GALE WARNING FOR THE FAR E ATLC... A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA OF AGADIR WITH A DEVELOPING GALE IN THE AREAS OF TARFAYA AND CANARIAS. NEAR GALE CONDITIONS WILL BE THE AREA OF MADIERA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST METEO FRANCE HIGH SEAS FORECAST UNDER WMO HEADER FQNT50 LFPW. ...GALE WARNING FOR THE W ATLANTIC... A GALE IS EXPECTED ON THU FEB 26 0600 UTC OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA N OF 28N W OF 76W. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW. THE GALE IS FORECAST TO END ON THU FEB 26 1800 UTC. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HIGH SEAS FORECAST UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS AFRICA INTO THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC NEAR 9N13W TO 2N24W WHERE THE ITCZ BEGINS AND CONTINUES TO 0N33W TO THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA NEAR 3S42W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH FROM 4S- 5N BETWEEN 10W-20W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS N OF THE ITCZ FROM 2N-4N BETWEEN 25W-27W...AND FROM 1N-3N BETWEEN 38W- 40W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... AS OF 0300 UTC...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA AT 29N81W TO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AT 25N86W TO THE WESTERN GULF AT 25N93W TO E OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO AT 18N94W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF N OF 25N. 10-25 KT NORTHERLY WINDS ARE N OF THE FRONT. PATCHY FOG IS REPORTED AT KEY WEST FLORIDA...AND BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. 5-10 KT SOUTHERLY FLOW IS S OF THE FRONT. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A BROAD RIDGE IS OVER THE GULF WITH PREDOMINATELY WESTERLY FLOW. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS OVER THE N GULF N OF 28N. STRONG SUBSIDENCE REMAINS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BE QUASI-STATIONARY TONIGHT THEN LIFT NW AS A WARM FRONT WED MORNING AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT IN THE CENTRAL GULF. THE LOW WILL DRAG THE FRONT TO THE E-SE AS A COLD FRONT WED THROUGH WED NIGHT BEFORE STALLING OVER THE SE GULF THU MORNING WHERE IT WILL LINGER THROUGH FRI. CARIBBEAN SEA... A GALE IS ALONG THE COAST OF NW COLOMBIA. THE GALE IS FORECAST TO PULSE ON AND OFF OVER THE NEXT 30 HOURS. SEE ABOVE. 15-30 KT TRADEWINDS ARE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN. AN AREA OF ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE INLAND OVER N NICARAGUA AND E HONDURAS. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN FROM 14N-19N BETWEEN 60W-78W N. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...BROAD RIDGING IS OVER THE CARIBBEAN WITH PREDOMINATELY WESTERLY FLOW AND VERY STRONG SUBSIDENCE. EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...HISPANIOLA... EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW IS GENERATING ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE ISLAND. THESE SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. STRONG SUBSIDENCE WILL HOWEVER SUPPRESS THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS. ATLANTIC OCEAN... AS OF 0300 UTC...A COLD FRONT IS OVER THE W ATLANTIC FROM 31N74W TO ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA AT 29N81W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 60 NM OF THE FRONT. A LARGE 1041 MB HIGH IS CENTERED E OF THE AZORES AT 39N19W. MOSTLY EASTERLY FLOW WITH FAIR WEATHER IS OVER THE ATLANTIC FROM 20N-30N BETWEEN 20W-60W. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED OVER THE E ATLANTIC NEAR 24N35W. EXPECT OVER THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS FOR THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE E AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT BE OVER N FLORIDA. A GALE IS FORECAST IN ADVANCE OF THE LATTER FRONT. SEE ABOVE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ FORMOSA