000 AXPZ20 KNHC 172148 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2205 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 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2145 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURE... GALE WARNING FOR THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N-NE SWELL FROM YESTERDAYS STORM/GALE EVENT IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SW MIXING WITH LONG-PERIOD CROSS EQUATORIAL S SWELL. SEAS WILL FINALLY SUBSIDE BELOW 8 FT NEAR 07N104W LATE TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW WILL FORM ALONG A NORTHWARD DRIFTING WARM FRONT OVER THE NE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT TO THE NE IT WILL MOVE THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FRONT E AGAIN AS A COLD FRONT WITH NORTHERLY FLOW INCREASING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 20-25 KT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON FRI EVENING WITH A MINIMAL GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE ON SAT...THEN QUICKLY DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SAT WITH ONLY 15-20 KT N WINDS EXPECTED ON SAT EVENING. THE NORTHERLY DRAINAGE FLOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 20-25 KT LATE SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUN. THE NOCTURNAL MAXIMUM SHOULD ONLY NE 15-20 KT EACH NIGHT FROM SUN NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE EPAC MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS SW FROM THE COAST OF COSTA RICA AT 10N85W TO 06N90W WHERE SCATTEROMETER WINDS INDICATE A TRANSITION TO AN ITCZ AXIS...WHICH CONTINUES WSW TO 05N101W TO 05N114W TO BEYOND 03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS NOTED ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH AND THE EASTERN SEGMENT OF THE ITCZ WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINES FROM 05.5N82W TO 04.5N99W AND FROM 10N91W TO 05.5N95W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS NOTED OVER AND TO THE N OF THE ITCZ WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 08N103W TO 04N108W AND WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 04N122W TO 06N140W. ...DISCUSSION... AN UPPER CYCLONE IS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION AREA AT 31N125W WITH AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING SW TO BEYOND 25N140W AND ACCOMPANIED BY DRY UPPER AIR. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS SWINGING E ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS WITH THE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING S ACROSS CENTRAL OF MEXICO TO A BASE AT 22N103W. A BAND OF VERY DRY UPPER AIR FOLLOW THE TROUGH AXIS ACROSS NW OLD MEXICO. AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE IS CENTERED AT 08N129W WITH AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING N-NE BETWEEN THE TWO UPPER TROUGHS TO A SHARP CREST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA. AN UPPER RIDGE ALSO EXTENDS W FROM THE ANTICYCLONE ACROSS THE DEEP TROPICS TO BEYOND 13N140W WITH UPPER DIFFLUENCE S OF THIS RIDGE ENHANCING THE CONVECTION ALONG THE WESTERN SEGMENT OF THE ITCZ AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. A RIDGE ALSO EXTENDS E-NE FROM THE ANTICYCLONE TO A FAIRLY SHARP CREST AT 14N109W. DRY UPPER AIR WITHIN THE ANTICYCLONIC ENVELOPE IS SUPPRESSING CONVECTION ACROSS THE TROPICS FROM 06-17N BETWEEN 107-127W...EXCEPT FOR A THIN LINE OF MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 02N116W TO 03N120W. DENSE UPPER MOISTURE IS ADVECTED E ALONG THE N PERIPHERY OF THIS UPPER ANTICYCLONE...WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N140W TO 25N116W TO OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AT 24N96W WHERE THE MOISTURE TURNS NE AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. AN UPPER TROUGH IS DISSIPATING OVER THE TROPICAL PACIFIC FROM 16N95W TO 03N113W. THIS TROUGH SEPARATES THE BROAD ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALREADY MENTIONED OVER THE NW PORTION FROM ANTICYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA TO THE S OF 15N E OF 94W ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER ANTICYCLONE OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN NEAR 10N80W. UPPER DIFFLUENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE ANTICYCLONE IS SUPPORTING THE CONVECTION ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH AND THE EASTERN SEGMENT OF THE ITCZ AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. A SURFACE HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 31N140W TO NEAR 16N102W. NE TRADES ARE ENHANCED TO 15-20 KT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND 05N TO THE W OF 122W...WITH SEAS OF 6-8 FT IN MIXED LONG PERIOD NW AND NE SWELL AND STILL MIXING WITH LONG PERIOD CROSS-EQUATORIAL SE SWELL. THIS AFFECTED AREA S OF THE RIDGE WILL SHRINK WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NE WINDS OF 15-20 KT NE OF THE RIDGE WILL SPREAD SE ACROSS THE WATERS N OF 28N BETWEEN 120-130W WITH SEAS OF 6-9 FT IN MIXED N AND LONG PERIOD S SWELL. THE SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BEFORE REACHING THE PACIFIC WATERS ALONG THE BAJA PENINSULA WITH SEAS OF 4-7 FT EXPECTED TILL EARLY MON. GUIDANCE SHOWS A NEW BATCH OF NW SWELL ARRIVING AT 30N140W LATE SAT AND REACHING THE NW COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA IN THE FORM COMBINED SEAS OF 6-9 FT ON MON. $$ NELSON