000 AXPZ20 KNHC 270251 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC WED AUG 27 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 0130 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... HURRICANE MARIE WAS CENTERED NEAR 21.6N 121.4W 971 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 27 MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 971 MB. NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 30 NM OF THE CENTER...SURROUNDING A SMALL AND FILLING EYE. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM N AND 180 NM S SEMICIRCLES. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED ELSEWHERE IN THE SW TO W LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW WELL SE OF THE CENTER...FROM 09N TO 18N BETWEEN 111W AND 122W. SEAS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS 36 FT WITHIN 75 NM IN THE NE QUADRANT OF MARIE. LARGE AND POWERFUL WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF SW MEXICO W OF 100W SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA. LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM MARIE HAVE ALSO MOVED INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS TODAY...AND WILL BUILD THROUGH WED TO PRODUCE LARGE AND DANGEROUS SURF...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...AND BEACH EROSION LIKELY. MARIE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING WNW OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY VEER NW OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND MOVE ACROSS COOLER SST'S AND WEAKEN TO A POST TROPICAL LOW. SEE LATEST NHC FORECAST/ ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMEP3/WTPZ23 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS ON MARIE...AND THE LOCAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST OFFICES FOR MORE ON IMPACTS FROM SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH MARIE. POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE KARINA WAS CENTERED NEAR 15.9N 126.5W 1005 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 27 MOVING SE OR 135 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB. THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION OF THIS SYSTEM HAS BECOME ELONGATED DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS AND IS NO LONGER WELL DEFINED. ADDITIONALLY...DUE TO STRONG VERTICAL WINDSHEAR CAUSED BY THE OUTFLOW FROM MARIE...CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH KARINA REMAINS LIMITED AND SHEARED TO THE SW OF THE CENTER. KARINA HAS THUS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE AND IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. SEE LAST NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMEP1/WTPZ21 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 10N71W TO 08N77W TO 10N85W TO 10.5N98W TO 11N107W...WHERE IT REMAINS FRACTURED E OF MARIE. TROUGH RESUMES SW OF MARIE FROM LOW PRES NEAR 15N137.5W TO BEYOND 13.5N140W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED FROM 04N TO 09N E OF 91W...AND WITHIN 100 NM OF THE COASTLINE FROM 85W TO 90W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 150 NM S OF TROUGH W OF 136W. ...DISCUSSION... THE REMNANT LOW OF LOWELL THIS EVENING WAS CENTERED NEAR 28N136W WITH ESTIMATED MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 1007 MB. LOWELL IS STILL PRODUCING AN AREA OF FRESH TO STRONG WINDS WITHIN 240 NM ACROSS THE N SEMICIRCLE AND WITH SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH LOWELL. LOWELL WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN WHILE MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...SHIFTING W OF THE FORECAST WED NIGHT. CONFUSED SEAS IN EXCESS OF 8 FT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE MAJORITY OF THE WATERS W OF 100W THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS A RESULT OF SWELL PROPAGATING AWAY FROM KARINA...LOWELL...AND MARIE. MEANWHILE...THE WATERS E OF 100W WILL BE COMPARATIVELY MORE TRANQUIL WITH GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS AND 4 TO 6 FT SEAS EXPECTED. $$ STRIPLING