000 AXPZ20 KNHC 282151 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2205 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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2115 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURE... LOW PRES CENTER AT 11N104W 1008 MB BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED WITH TROPIPCAL CHARACTERISTIC NOTED AND UNDER FAVORABLE ENVIRON ALOFT AND A LOWER LEVELS. WITH SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR 28 DEG...SURROUNDED BY WARM MOIST AIR MASS...VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE JUST TO ITS NW AND DEVELOPING ANTICYCLONE ALOFT TO PROVIDE GOOD OUTFLOW...NHC BOOSTED ITS PROBABILITY OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HRS TO 70 PERCENT. SIMILARLY ...MODEL GUIDANCE INTENSIFY SYSTEM TO TROPICAL CYCLONE AND TAKE IT N CLOSER TO COAST OF MEXICO THEN RUN NW PARALLEL TO THE COAST BEFORE TURNING W ALONG 20N AWAY FROM THE COAST. PRESENTLY... SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 300 NM N OF CENTER AND 210 NM S OF IT. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 10N85W TO 12N93W TO 1008 MB LOW PRES AT 11N104W TO 15N114W THEN RESUMES FROM 12N125W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 210 NM S AND 300 NM N OF AXIS E OF 110W. ...DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE AT 30N125W HAS RIDGE EXTENDING SW TO 20N140W WITH VERY DRY SUBSIDING AIR MASS N OF 12N W OF 120W. ANTICYCLONE FORCED NE BY UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NW ALLOWING DEVELOPING ANTICYCLONE TO MOVE OVER LOW PRES CENTER MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE. THIS ANTICYCLONE STRENGTHNS AND PREVENTS LONG WAVE TROUGH TO MOVE FURTHER E INTO BASIN. WEAK COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LONGWAVE TROUGH STALLS AND DISSIPATES BARELY ENTERING FAR NW CORNER OF E PAC. UPPER LEVEL CYCLONE OVER SW GULF OF MEXICO HAS TROUGH EXTENDING SW TO NEAR 16N109W. TROUGH SUSTAINS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND PROVIDES DIFFLUENCE ALOFT OVER LOW PRES FEATURE. ...ELSEWHERE AT LOWER LEVELS... SURFACE HIGH 1021 MB 34N130W BULGES A RIDGE BEHIND REMNANT LOW PRES...PREVIOUSLY COSME...NOW JUST A CONVECTION-LESS SWIRL NEAR 22N128W. LOW PRES FORECAST TO DISSIPATE SAT. $$ WALLY BARNES