000 AXNT20 KNHC 180602 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT SAT APR 18 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 0545 UTC. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE AFRICAN COAST NEAR 09N13W SW TO 04N17W WHERE THE ITCZ BEGINS AND CONTINUES TO 01N30W TO THE NORTHERN COAST OF BRAZIL NEAR 02S42W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 04S TO 04N BETWEEN 17W AND 41W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... A 1014 MB LOW PREVAILS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA ADJACENT WATERS FROM WHICH A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS SW ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA NW TO THE PANHANDLE...ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COASTLINE TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF EXTENDING INLAND ALONG WITH DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SUPPORT HEAVY SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM SW LOUISIANA TO SOUTHERN TEXAS...EXTENDING WITHIN 60 NM OFF THE COAST. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...FOG IS BEING REPORTED N OF 26N W OF 90W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINING WESTERN GULF S OF 26N WHILE ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE OVER THE NE GULF N OF 27N ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT. MOSTLY SE TO E WIND FLOW OF 15 KT ARE W OF 90W WHILE LIGHTER VARIABLE WINDS DOMINATE ELSEWHERE. SURFACE RIDGING WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE OVER THE EASTERN BASIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS WHILE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE W OF 90W. SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. CARIBBEAN SEA... A BROAD SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE ATLC OCEAN EXTENDS TO THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN WHILE LOWER PRESSURE DOMINATES ELSEWHERE S OF 15N. A SLIGHTLY TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT IS OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATED WITH A 1008 MB LOW OVER N COLOMBIA...THUS RESULTING IN TRADES OF 20 TO 25 KT S OF 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 78W...BEING THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE TRADES OF 15 KT DOMINATE. MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS OVER THE HALF WESTERN BASIN WHILE A TROUGH COVER THE REMAINDER BASIN. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE OVER THE SE CARIBBEAN ALONG WITH A DIFFLUENT ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT WATERS. SSMI TPW IMAGERY SHOW PATCHES OF SHALLOW MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS THE NW AND NE BASIN...THUS SUPPORTING CLOUDINESS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...WESTERN HISPANIOLA...JAMAICA AND CUBA. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE ON PANAMA COASTAL WATERS. FAIR WEATHER IS ELSEWHERE BEING SUPPORTED BY DRY AIR SUBSIDENCE FROM ALOFT. NOT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ...HISPANIOLA... A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE SW N ATLC S ACROSS THE ISLAND TO NORTHERN VENEZUELA. SHALLOW MOISTURE ALONG WITH LIFTING PROVIDED BY THE UPPER TROUGH SUPPORT CLOUDINESS WITH POSSIBLE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS...MAINLY FOCUSED OVER HAITI AND THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WHEN A DRY AIRMASS ENTERS THE ISLAND PROVIDING FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER WEEKEND. ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL ATLC CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM WHICH A COLD FRONT EXTENDS SW ENTERING THE AREA OF DISCUSSION FROM 30N33W SW TO 26N45W WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG 27N61W TO 27N66W TO A 1014 MB LOW OVER GEORGIA ADJACENT WATERS. THE STATIONARY FRONT THEN CONTINUES SW TO CAPE CANAVERAL. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND ISOLATED TSTMS ARE WITHIN 100 NM EITHER SIDE OF THIS PORTION OF THE FRONT. SURFACE RIDGING AND FAIR WEATHER DOMINATES ELSEWHERE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ NR