000 AXPZ20 KNHC 040342 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC WED SEP 04 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 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0300 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURE... LOW PRES SYSTEM AT 17N104W PRODUCE SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION OVER WESTERN COASTAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MEXICO...BUT CURRENTLY DIMINISHING AS SYSTEM DRIFTS W-NW AWAY FROM THE COAST. SMALL LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION DOES NOT YET PACK ANY SIGNIFICANT WINDS...BUT ITS UPPER LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IS SLIGHTLY CONDUCIVE FOR SLOW DEVELOPMENT. MODEL GUIDANCE AGREES WITH TROPICAL ORGANIZATION OF LOW PRES AS IT STILL HAS QUITE A DISTANCE OVER WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES. SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TURN MORE TO THE NW IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. INTERESTS IN THE MEXICAN OFFSHORE ISLANDS AND IN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD FOLLOW PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N86W TO 10N94W TO LOW PRES AT 17N104W 1007 MB TO 12N115W TO LOW PRES AT 14N124W 1011 MB TO 13N129W TO LOW PRES AT 15N136W 1011 MB TO 11N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS FROM 106W TO 127W. ...DISCUSSION... WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE AT 24N118W MAINTAINS VERY DRY STABLE SUBSIDING AIR MASS N OF 18N W OF 110W WHILE CYCLONE OVER CENTRAL MEXICO ADVECTS PLENTY OF MOISTURE ALOFT OVER SURFACE LOW PRES CENTER AT 17N104W. VERY WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT LIKELY TO FAVOR SLOW STRENGTHENING OF LOW PRES FOR NEXT 36-48 HOURS. CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OF POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PRES OF KIKO REMAINS STATIONARY AT 23N116W AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING ...THEN DISSIPATE WED. TWO OTHER WEAK LOW PRES SYSTEMS EMBEDDED WITHIN MONSOON TROUGH...ONE AT 124W 1011 MB AND ANOTHER AT 136W 1011 MB...ARE NOT LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DISSIPATE DURING NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. EXCEPT FOR ITEM ON SPECIAL FEATURE PARAGRAPH...MARINE CONDITIONS ACROSS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA CURRENTLY REMAIN FREE OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS AND EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO FOR NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ WALLY BARNES