000 AXPZ20 KNHC 170905 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1005 UTC THU APR 17 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 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0815 UTC. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 11N97W TO 05N120W TO BEYOND 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS NOTED WITHIN 90 NM NORTH OF THE ITCZ AXIS BETWEEN 130W AND 140W. ...DISCUSSION... A MID TO UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH REACHES FROM 35N128W TO 26N140W TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE MID TO UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD N OF 28N...MOVING ACROSS THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FRI NIGHT. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 1026 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 33N140W TO 15N110W. THE PASSAGE OF THE MID TO UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS ENHANCING FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE...RESULTING IN AN AREA OF SHORT PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELL TO 8 FT REACHING AS FAR SOUTH AS 28N BETWEEN 118W AND 125W THAT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. THE PASSAGE OF THE MID TO UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL ALSO ENHANCE A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...AND AID DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK LOW PRES OVER N CENTRAL MEXICO BY LATE SATURDAY. THIS IN TURN WILL ALLOW FRESH SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA LATE FRI INTO SAT. SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AXIS...ASCAT SATELLITE DATA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE WINDS FROM 06N TO 20N WEST OF 125W. CONCURRENT ALTIMETER SATELLITE DATA INDICATED SEAS TO 9 FT...VERIFYING WAVEWATCH III MODEL INITIALIZATIONS SHOWING SEAS TO 9 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL IN THIS AREA. TRADE WIND CONVERGENCE IS INTERACTING WITH FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT TO SUPPORT AREAS OF MODEST CONVECTION ALONG THE ITCZ BETWEEN 130W AND 140W. WEAK UPPER FORCING ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF A BROAD UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MEXICO TO 00N105W WAS ENHANCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF COSTA RICA BETWEEN 07N TO 10N EAST OF 95W. WEAK SURFACE WINDS HAS ALLOWED THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LARGELY DISSIPATED OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. AN AREA OF 8 TO 9 FT PERSISTS FROM 06N TO 12N BETWEEN 98W AND 105W IN NE SWELL...THE REMNANTS OF AN EARLIER STORM FORCE GAP WIND EVENT THROUGH THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC A FEW DAYS AGO. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE WEST SLOWLY AND BUT SUBSIDE BELOW 8 FT BY EARLY FRI MORNING. LOOKING AHEAD FOR THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...ANOTHER MID TO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL AMPLIFY AS IT MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL THROUGH GULF OF MEXICO FRI INTO SAT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THAT IN TURN WILL ALLOW A BRIEF SHOT OF GALE FORCE WINDS INTO THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. $$ CHRISTENSEN