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AXPZ20 KNHC 190240
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION                                    
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0405 UTC WED MAR 19 2014

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 
0200 UTC.                           

...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...

NO MONSOON TROUGH IS EVIDENT.                                
ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 04N82W 07N93W 04N105W 08N120W 05N132W 03N140W. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. 

...DISCUSSION...  

A LARGE MIDDLE/UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS LOCATED JUST 
NW OF THE DISCUSSION AREA NEAR 36N141W WITH THE ASSOCIATED 
SURFACE STATIONARY FRONT JUST W OF 140W. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST 
TO DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A SURFACE RIDGE COVERS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AREA N OF 25N W OF 122W TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED 
FRONT...ANCHORED BY A 1029 MB HIGH WELL N OF THE DISCUSSION 
AREA. AN UPPER RIDGE COVERS THE AREA BETWEEN 120W-140W. SECOND 
UPPER LOW IS CENTERED NEAR 7N114W BUT DOES NOT HAVE ANY SURFACE 
REFLECTION NOR IS IT PRODUCING ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. A 
SURFACE TROUGH IS TO THE E EXTENDING FROM 18N100W TO 08N108W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM SE OF TROUGH FROM 14N 
TO 16N. AN UPPER RIDGE COVERS THE AREA E OF 110W ANCHORED OVER 
COSTA RICA. SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES STRONG 
SUBSIDENCE N OF 18N E OF 116W AND S OF 14N BETWEEN 120W-140W. 

GAP WINDS...                                                 
GULF OF PAPAGAYO...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD SE AND S 
ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WITH GAP 
WINDS INCREASING EARLY WEDNESDAY TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH SEAS TO 8 
FT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL 
INCREASE GAP WINDS THROUGH THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC THURSDAY. 

$$ PAW