000 AXPZ20 KNHC 040325 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0405 UTC THU DEC 04 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 0300 UTC. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC GALE WARNING...GALE EVENT PREVAILS WITH N- NE WINDS OF 30-35 KT RESULTING IN SEAS UP TO 15 FT ABOUT 45 NM OFFSHORE. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE FORECAST GALE FORCE WINDS TO INCREASE UP TO 40 KT DURING THE DRAINAGE FLOW PERIOD OR FROM TONIGHT TO THU MORNING. THEN WINDS DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE BY THU AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO RELAXES. BY FRIDAY NIGHT WINDS DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT WITH SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 09N78W TO 08N86W TO 05N97W. THE ITCZ BEGINS NEAR 05N97W AND CONTINUES ALONG 08N113W TO 07N130W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS N OF 07N BETWEEN 79W AND 84W AND FROM 04N TO 11N BETWEEN 114W AND 133W. ...DISCUSSION... A WEAKENING COLD FRONT IS FROM 30N118W TO 24N120W. WINDS OF 20 KT OR LESS PREVAILS W OF 120W...HOWEVER LONG PERIOD NW SWELL IS MIXING WITH SE SWELL RESULTING IN COMBINED SEAS OF 8-11 FT W OF A LINE FROM 30N120W TO 08N123W TO 06N140W. THESE SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 8-9 FT AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NW CORNER OF THE REGION. GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS OF 20-25 KT ARE FORECAST FROM 10N TO 11.5N E OF 88W THU MORNING WITH SEAS REACHING UP TO 8 FT. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO SUBSIDE TO LESS THAN 8 FT BY THU AFTERNOON. GULF OF CALIFORNIA...EXPECT VARIABLE 5-10 KT WINDS OVER THE GULF N OF 28N THROUGH THU NIGHT...BECOMING NW 10 KT ON FRI. NW 10-15 KT FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GULF S OF 28N THROUGH SAT... EXCEPT BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 15-20 KT ON FRI MORNING. $$ LEWITSKY/RAMOS