000 AXPZ20 KNHC 051619 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1005 UTC SUN JUN 05 2011 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS. BASED ON 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1500 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURE... .TROPICAL LOW PRES CENTER 1008 MB ESTIMATED NEAR 10N98.5W AT 1200 UTC. CONVECTION AS DESCRIBED BELOW HAS INCREASED DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NE QUADRANT...AS SMALL LOW TO MID LEVEL CYCLONE LOCATED SOME 400 NM TO THE WNW HAS SHIFTED WWD ALLOWING FOR UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE AND UPPER DIVERGENCE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WRN SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW. LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS SE QUADRANT HAS LIKELY INCREASED TO 20-25 KT YIELDING THE INCREASED CONVECTION ACROSS NE PORTIONS. GLOBAL MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT OF A SLOW DRIFT TOWARD THE WNW OR NW NEXT 24 HOURS THEN MOVE MORE TOWARD THE NW BEYOND 36 HOURS...AND ALSO SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT AFTER 48 HOURS. THERE IS CURRENTLY A MEDIUM CHANCE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM SW CARIBBEAN ACROSS NRN NICARAGUA NEAR 12.5N87W TO 12N93W TO LOW PRES AT 10N98W TO 08N102W TO 13N113W TO 06N131W THEN TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ AND CONTINUES TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH BETWEEN 116W AND 129W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG NOTED WITHIN 270 NM NE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW PRES 10N98W. ...DISCUSSION... DEEP LAYERED CYCLONE JUST N OF E PAC AT 36N125.5W HAS LARGE AMPLITUDE LONGWAVE TROUGH S TO SMALL MID LEVEL CYCLONE AT 23N129W. SHARP MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LINGERS FROM 21N126W TO TO 08N130W. DEEP LAYERED TROUGH SUPPORTS A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N120W TO 23N129W TO 22N135W. DOWNSTREAM RIDGE ANCHORED BY SHARP ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ACROSS EQUATOR ALONG 112W ACROSS ITCZ ALONG 113W TO NE MEXICO. LARGE TUTT LOW OVER WRN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS SW ACROSS SOUTHERN MEXICO INTO E PAC TO SMALL VORTEX DESCRIBED ABOVE NEAR 12N105W. DEEP CONVECTIVE FLARE UP ACROSS FAR EPAC E OF 90W MAINTAIN DIVERGENT FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVEL ELYS PREVAILING ACROSS S AMERICA S OF 10N. ...AT THE SURFACE... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED N OF COLD FRONT BUT NW SWELLS YIELDING SEAS 8-10 FT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO E PAC N OF 25N E OF 130W. PRES GRADIENT EXPECTED TO RELAX TODAY WITH FRESH NE TRADES DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH AND COVERAGE W OF 137W. BROAD ZONE OF SW TO W WINDS PREVAILS S OF MONSOON TROUGH E OF 120W...WITH WINDS GENERALLY 10-15 KT. CROSS EQUATORIAL SWELL WITH SEAS TO 8 FT WILL MOVE INTO WATERS S OF 10N E OF 125W ON MON. GAP WINDS...FRESH N BREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS CHIVELA PASS INTO AND DOWNWIND OF GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC ASSOCIATED WITH PRES GRADIENT CAUSED BY LOW PRES AT 10N98.5W. DURATION AND STRENGTH OF EVENT HEAVILY DEPENDENT OF INTENSITY AND TRACK OF LOW PRES. $$ STRIPLING