000 AXPZ20 KNHC 280244 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC FRI JUN 28 2013 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 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0330 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... REMNANT LOW PRES...PREVIOUSLY COSME...AT 21.0N 123.4W 1005 MB AT 0000 UTC JUN 28 MOVING W-NW AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 30 GUSTS TO 40 KT. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW STILL A GOOD CIRCULATION AND SOME SMALL AREA OF MODERATE CONVECTION RETURNING IN SW QUADRANT...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A COMEBACK BY THE SYSTEM. COSME CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER REGION OF VERY DRY AIR MASS...MODERATE WIND SHEAR AND COOL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE. THIS VERY ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT TOOK A HEAVY TOLL IN EARLIER IN COSME'S INTENSITY AND IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER WEAKEN THE SYSTEM. LAST ADVISORY ON COSME WAS ISSUED BY NHC AT 2100 UTC. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 10N85W TO 11N101W TO 1010 MB LOW PRES AT 09N105W TO 10N110W AND RESUMES FROM 10N128W TO 06N135W THEN ITCZ TO BEYOND 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 210 NM S OF AXIS E OF 100W AND 180 NM N OF AXIS FROM 100W TO 108W. ...DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL STATIONARY ANTICYCLONE CENTERED AT AT 28N126W HAS RIDGE EXTEND NE-SW FROM 32N125W TO 14N140W. SUBSIDING AIR MASS ALOFT KEEPS REGION N OF 10N W OF 116W VERY DRY AND STABLE. SECOND ANTICYCLONE...THIS ONE AT 21N116W ADVECTS CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FROM REMNANTS OF COSME N-NE OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO BRING TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO E PAC ENHANCING CONVECTION IN VICINITY OF WEAK SURFACE LOW PRES CENTER AT 09N105W. HEALTHY UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE SLIDING IN SW PERIPHERY OF CYCLONE OVER GULF OF MEXICO LIKELY TO ENERGIZE SURFACE LOW PRES WITH ENHANCED CONVECTION AND POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN WITH SOME TROPICAL ORGANIZATION. MODEL GUIDANCE SOLUTION STRENGTHEN LOW PRES AND BRING IT NW IN A TRACK THAT KEEPS IT OVER FAVORABLE WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND LOW SHEAR ALOFT. ...ELSEWHERE AT THE LOWER LEVELS... SURFACE HIGH PRES CENTER 1022 MB AT 34N128W WITH RIDGE SE TO BAJA CALIFORNIA KEEPS COSME ON ITS DOOMED PATH OVER COLD WATERS AND DRY ENVIRONMENT. SUBSIDING CROSS EQUATORIAL SOUTHERLY SWELL CONTINUE SPREADING NE THROUGH FRI BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BELOW 8 FT SAT. NEXT SET OF SIMILAR SWELLS EXPECTED BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. $$ WALLY BARNES