000 AXNT20 KNHC 020552 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 205 AM EDT WED SEP 02 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... TROPICAL STORM FRED IS CENTERED NEAR 19.4N 29.1W AT 02/0300 UTC OR ABOUT 356 NM NW OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS MOVING W-NW AT 11 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 17N-21N BETWEEN 25W-29W. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMAT1/WTNT21 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. ...TROPICAL WAVES... TROPICAL WAVE IN THE TROPICAL ATLC EXTENDS ALONG 42W/43W FROM 6N- 20N MOVING W NEAR 20 KT OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SSMI TPW DOES NOT SHOW ANY SURGE OF DEEP MOISTURE. NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE E CARIBBEAN EXTENDS FROM 20N66W ACROSS PUERTO RICO/MONA PASSAGE TO OVER SOUTH AMERICA NEAR 11N71W MOVING W 15-20 KT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. SSMI TPW INDICATES THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN A SURGE OF DEEP MOISTURE. NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE W CARIBBEAN IS ALONG 85W S OF 18N TO INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA MOVING W-SW 15-20 KT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. SSMI TPW INDICATES THE WAVE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN A BROAD AREA OF DEEP MOISTURE THAT COVERS THE W CARIBBEAN. NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION. ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE S OF 20N W OF 84W TO THE COAST OF HONDURAS AND YUCATAN. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS OVER AFRICA TO THE COAST THEN RESUMES S OF TROPICAL STORM FRED NEAR 13N29W TO 7N49W. SCATTERED MODERATE/STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 7N-10N BETWEEN 37W-41W AND FROM 7N-9N BETWEEN 44W-47W. CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED MODERATE/ ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION ARE WITHIN 150 NM S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN 28N-35W AND FROM 8N-11N BETWEEN 36W-46W. ...DISCUSSION... GULF OF MEXICO... AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM AN UPPER LOW OVER ARKANSAS INTO THE GULF NEAR GALVESTON TEXAS TO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE COVERING THE W GULF AND IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 90/120 NM OF LINE FROM 22N95W 26N92W TO OVER LOUISIANA NEAR VERMILION BAY. AN UPPER RIDGE ANCHORED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA EXTENDS A RIDGE AXIS SW TO THE E YUCATAN PENINSULA COVERING THE E GULF. A SURFACE TROUGH...REMNANTS OF ERIKA EXTENDS FROM JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA INTO THE GULF JUST N OF CEDAR KEY TO A WEAK 1015 MB LOW NEAR 29N85W THEN S-SW TO 26N87W. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE SURFACE TROUGH E OF THE SURFACE LOW. A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE IS BUILDING S OVER THE NW GULF AND IS ANCHORED BY A 1018 MB HIGH OVER TENNESSEE. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH WED BEFORE DISSIPATING WED NIGHT. WEAK SURFACE RIDGE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRI. CARIBBEAN SEA... AN UPPER LOW DOMINATES THE NW CARIBBEAN CENTERED W OF JAMAICA NEAR 18N80W GENERATING CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED N OF 20N TO THE COAST OF CUBA BETWEEN 79W-84W. THE UPPER TROUGH FROM THE CENTRAL ATLC EXTENDS THROUGH AN UPPER LOW NEAR 20N66W TO OVER HISPANIOLA NEAR 19N71W. THIS IS GENERATING CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18N-20N BETWEEN 62W-76W. THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM COLOMBIA ACROSS PANAMA GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS S OF LINE FROM NICARAGUA NEAR 12N84W TO COLOMBIA NEAR 10N75W. FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL PULSE IN THE S/CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU. THE W CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE W OF THE AREA WED. THE E CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND WED THEN ACROSS THE W CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI. ...HISPANIOLA... THE UPPER TROUGH FROM THE CENTRAL ATLC EXTENDS THROUGH AN UPPER LOW NEAR 20N66W TO OVER HISPANIOLA NEAR 19N71W GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAITI AND THE GULF OF GONAVE. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE ISLAND THROUGH WED NIGHT BEFORE SHIFT SE EARLY THU. MOISTURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ISLAND THROUGH EARLY THU BRING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ISLAND WED AND EARLY THU. ATLANTIC OCEAN... AN UPPER RIDGE IS ANCHORED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA AND EXTENDS A RIDGE AXIS E ALONG 27N72W TO 26N52W. A STRONG UPPER TROUGH IS OVER THE N/CENTRAL ATLC N OF THE DISCUSSION AREA AND IS GENERATING CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS N OF 28N BETWEEN 45-56W. A NARROW UPPER TROUGH DIPS S INTO THE E/CENTRAL ATLC THROUGH 32N37W ALONG 25N42W 22N55W TO AN UPPER LOW NEAR 20N66W THEN TO OVER HISPANIOLA NEAR 19N71W SUPPORTING A SURFACE TROUGH THAT EXTENDS FROM 33N37W ALONG 30N39W TO 27N42W. SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN 60 NM E OF THE SURFACE TROUGH. THE REMAINDER OF THE ATLC BASIN IS DOMINATED BY A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE WITH A 1019 MB HIGH IN THE W ATLC NEAR 30N69W. SURFACE RIDGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH WED THEN WILL SHIFT SE AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS A WEAK FRONT SINKS SLOWLY S INTO THE W ATLC OFF NE FLORIDA WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ PAW