000 AXPZ20 KNHC 312201 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2205 UTC SUN AUG 31 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 2100 UTC. ...TROPICAL WAVES... A TROPICAL WAVE WAS LOCATED ALONG 110W-11W FROM 08N TO 21N MOVING WWD 10-15 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED FROM 08N TO 15N BETWEEN 105W AND 114W WHERE THE WAVE IS INTERACTING WITH THE MONSOON TROUGH. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACTIVE ALONG AND S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH IN THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 08.5N74.5W TO 13N97.5W TO 10N124W... WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ...CONTINUING ON TO BEYOND 07N140W. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 150 NM N AND 210 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 92W AND 114W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 60 NM N AND 90 NM S OF ITCZ W OF 130W. ...DISCUSSION... A 1011 MB LOW PRES CENTER...THE REMNANT LOW OF MARIE...IS CENTERED NEAR 31.5N138W...AND CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A BROAD AND ELONGATED AREA OF FRESH TO STRONG WINDS SURROUNDING THE CENTER. THESE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF THE DISCUSSION AREA...BUT ASSOCIATED SEAS TO 8 FT CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD AND INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THESE SEAS TO 8 FT WILL LINGER OVER THE FAR NW WATERS THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING BELOW 8 FT MON. A 1026 MB HIGH WAS CENTERED NW OF THE DISCUSSION AREA NEAR 42N150W AND EXTENDED A NARROW RIDGE SW INTO THE DISCUSSION AREA NEAR 24N140W EXTENDING TO NEAR 19N120W. THE RIDGING WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WESTWARD AS THE MONSOON TROUGH LIFTS NORTHWARD AND CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS A RESULT OF AN INTERACTION WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. SW MONSOON FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS BETWEEN 100W AND 120W BY MONDAY EVENING. E OF 100W...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY TRANQUIL WITH GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS AND 4-6 FT SEAS THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ STRIPLING