000 AXNT20 KNHC 291806 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 PM EDT MON JUN 29 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 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1745 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... GALE-FORCE WINDS CONTINUE ALONG COASTAL WATERS OF COLOMBIA FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W. ASSOCIATED SEAS RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 FT IN NE SWELL. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH BELOW GALE- FORCE THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WILL RESUME TONIGHT OR AT 0000 UTC AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...AND THE OFFSHORE FORECAST...MIAOFFNT3/FZNT23 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS. ...TROPICAL WAVES... A TROPICAL WAVE CAME OFF THE W AFRICAN COAST THIS MORNING AS INDICATED BY DAKAR SOUNDING DATA...SATELLITE HOVMOLLER DIAGRAM...SURFACE WIND DATA AND GFS MODEL TROPICAL WAVE DIAGNOSTIC. ITS AXIS IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG 19W FROM 07N TO 15N MOVING W AT 10 KT. THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED IN THE MONSOON TROUGH...WHICH MOISTURE ENHANCES SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 16W AND 25W. SAHARAN DRY AIR AND DUST ENGULF THE NORTHERN WAVE ENVIRONMENT...THUS HINDERING CONVECTION IN THIS REGION. A TROPICAL WAVE IS W OF THE ITCZ WITH AXIS NEAR 50W...MOVING W AT 15 KT. SSMI TPW IMAGERY INDICATE THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED IN A MODERATE MOIST ENVIRONMENT THAT ENHANCES SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AHEAD OF IT FROM 08N TO 10N BETWEEN 51W AND 57W. SAHARAN DRY AIR AND DUST IS IN THE WAVE ENVIRONMENT...THUS HINDERING CONVECTION ELSEWHERE. A TROPICAL WAVE IS E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES WITH AXIS NEAR 59W MOVING W AT 20 TO 25 KT. SSMI TPW...SAL TRACKING AND DUST TRACKING IMAGERY SHOW THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED IN A DRY ENVIRONMENT...THUS SUPPORTING LACK OF CONVECTION. A TROPICAL WAVE IS ON THE SW CARIBBEAN BASIN WITH AXIS NEAR 80W MOVING W AT 20 KT. S OF 14N THE WAVE IS MAINLY EMBEDDED IN A MODERATE MOIST ENVIRONMENT THAT ALONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE SUPPORT SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS S OF 10N AHEAD OF THE WAVE AXIS. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH PASSES THROUGH COASTAL SECTIONS OF GUINEA- BISSAU NEAR 11N16W TO 07N25W. THE ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 07N25W TO 06N42W. ASIDE THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVES...SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 34W AND 39W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... SURFACE RIDGING DOMINATES ACROSS THE GULF WATERS WITH SSMI TPW IMAGERY SHOWING MAINLY A LOW MOIST ENVIRONMENT FROM THE NW BASIN SE TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS. ON THE SW GULF...MODERATE MOISTURE BEING ADVECTED FROM THE CARIBBEAN ENHANCES A LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS FROM 20N TO 24N W OF 95W. ALOFT...A TROUGH COVERS THE EASTERN CONUS AND SUPPORTS A FRONTAL SYSTEM ANALYZED AS A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N84W IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI NEAR 30N88W. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 30N80W...ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA TO 29N87W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS ARE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND IN THE NE GULF WATERS N OF 28N E OF 89W. OTHERWISE...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW COVERING PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SE BASIN SUPPORT CLOUDINESS WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SHOWERS. EXCEPT SURFACE TROUGHING IN THE SW BASIN...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND RIDGING WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE DURING THE NEXT THREE DAYS. CARIBBEAN SEA... THE MAIN FEATURE IN THE CARIBBEAN CONTINUES TO BE A GALE WARNING ALONG COLOMBIA COASTAL WATERS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PULSE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SEE SPECIAL FEATURES FOR MORE DETAILS. THE SECOND FEATURE OF INTEREST IS A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE SW BASIN THAT IS ENHANCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 14N W OF 80W. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY...HOWEVER THIS WAVE IS MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH A DRY AND DUSTY ENVIRONMENT WHICH SUPPRESS CONVECTION AT THE TIME. SEE THE TROPICAL WAVES SECTION FOR FURTHER DETAILS. OUTSIDE OF THE GALE WARNING AREA...TRADES OF 20 TO 25 KT ARE S OF 17N E OF 83W AND TRADES OF 10 TO 15 KT DOMINATES IN THE NW CARIBBEAN. THE WAVE OVER THE SW BASIN WILL MOVE INTO EPAC WATERS BY TUESDAY MORNING...THE SECOND WAVE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL BASIN WHILE A NEW TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES THE LESSER ANTILLES. ...HISPANIOLA... DRY AIR IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE ISLAND AS INDICATED BY SSMI TPW AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...THUS SUPPORTING CLEAR SKIES AND FAIR WEATHER. HOWEVER...A SAHARAN DRY AND DUSTY AIRMASS MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SUPPORTING HAZY CONDITIONS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE-LEVEL SHORT-WAVE TROUGH IS OVER THE SW N ATLC WATERS SUPPORTING A SURFACE TROUGH FROM 31N74W TO 26N78W. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THIS REGION OF THE BASIN SUPPORT HEAVY SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 25N BETWEEN 73W AND 79W. A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NE ATLC EXTENDS SW TO A BASE NEAR 27N37W AND SUPPORTS A COLD FRONT FROM 30N46W TO 30N53W WITH NO CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE REMAINDER BASIN IS DOMINATED BY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND RIDGING ANCHORED BY THREE HIGH CENTERS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ NR