000 AXNT20 KNHC 010605 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT WED JUL 01 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... THE FORECAST CONSISTS OF GALE-FORCE WINDS STARTING DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF COLOMBIA...FROM 11N TO 12N BETWEEN 74W AND 75W...AND THOSE GALE- FORCE WINDS ONLY WILL LAST FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. THE SEA HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 10 FEET TO 15 FEET. PLEASE READ THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST...MIAHSFAT2/FZNT02 KNHC...AND THE OFFSHORE FORECAST...MIAOFFNT3/FZNT23 KNHC...FOR MORE DETAILS. ...TROPICAL WAVES... AN ATLANTIC OCEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 14N26W 10N28W 6N29W... MOVING WESTWARD 10 TO 15 KNOTS. ITCZ-RELATED CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS NEARBY. AN EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 19N65W 14N67W 10N67W...MOVING WESTWARD 30 KNOTS. THE WAVE IS JUST TO THE EAST OF PUERTO RICO. UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OF THE WAVE. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM 13N TO 17N BETWEEN 63W AND 68W...AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE NORTHERN SIDE OF PUERTO RICO. A CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 18N73W IN HAITI...TO 15N75W AND TO 10N75W IN COASTAL COLOMBIA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...RAINSHOWERS ARE APPARENT AROUND HISPANIOLA... WHICH STILL IS ENGULFED BY A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH PASSES THROUGH COASTAL SECTIONS OF MAURITANIA NEAR 21N17W TO 18N19W 14N19W AND TO 10N25W. THE ITCZ STARTS FROM 9N30W TO 7N42W TO 5N53W IN NORTHWESTERN FRENCH GUIANA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...ISOLATED MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG WITHIN 90 NM TO 150 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 12N16W 9N23W 7N40W 5N48W. ...DISCUSSION... THE GULF OF MEXICO... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF THE TROUGH IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA. CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION...WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG...FROM THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS TO 30N BETWEEN 79W AND THE U.S.A. EAST COAST. BROAD CYCLONIC WIND FLOW IS ON TOP OF THE AREA. A DIURNAL SURFACE TROUGH HAS EMERGED FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...AND NOW IT IS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. SURFACE ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM 24N NORTHWARD. THE ANTICYCLONIC WIND FLOW IS MOVING AROUND A 1019 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER THAT IS NEAR 28N87W. THE CARIBBEAN SEA... BROAD MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC WIND FLOW SPANS THE CARIBBEAN SEA...EXCEPT FOR THE RIDGE THAT IS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE AREA/ALSO IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC WIND FLOW IS AFFECTING HISPANIOLA. TWO TROPICAL WAVES ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE TROPICAL WAVES SECTION FOR DETAILS. ...HISPANIOLA... MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC WIND FLOW SURROUNDS HISPANIOLA...THANKS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN-TO-HISPANIOLA TROUGH THAT PASSES THROUGH 25N69W TO 16N73W. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 250 MB SHOWS THAT BROAD CYCLONIC WIND FLOW COVERS HISPANIOLA FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 500 MB SHOWS THAT AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS HISPANIOLA FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. AN ATLANTIC OCEAN-TO-CARIBBEAN SEA NORTHEAST-TO- SOUTHWEST ORIENTED RIDGE WILL COVER THE AREA. THE GFS MODEL FORECAST FOR 700 MB SHOWS THAT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CROSS HISPANIOLA FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH BERMUDA TO 25N69W TO HISPANIOLA. ISOLATED MODERATE RAINSHOWERS ARE WITHIN 60 NM TO 120 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE FROM 20N NORTHWARD BETWEEN 60W AND 80W. THE 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL IN INCHES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AT 01/0000 UTC...ACCORDING TO THE PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES...MIATPTPAN/SXCA01 KNHC...IS 0.39 IN BERMUDA. A MIDDLE LEVEL TO UPPER LEVEL EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN TROUGH CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG 28N/29NW BETWEEN 20W AND 50W. RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 60 NM TO 120 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ MT