000 AXPZ20 KNHC 210928 TWDEP TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1005 UTC SUN DEC 21 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 0900 UTC. ...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 06N78W TO 06N97W. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 06N97W TO LOW PRES NEAR 08N107W TO 06N125W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 90 NM N OF THE AXIS E OF 80W...WITHIN 120 NM S OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 109W AND 113W...AND ALSO WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 130W AND 134W. ...DISCUSSION... LONG PERIOD NW SWELL CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE SE-E ACROSS THE ENTIRE OPEN WATERS WATERS N OF THE ITCZ W OF ABOUT 112W RESULTING IN COMBINED SEAS OF 8-14 FT...WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 28N120W. THIS LONG PERIOD NW SWELL HAS NOW ARRIVED ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE WHERE WINDS ARE ALSO NW-N AT 20-25 KT AS SAMPLED BY A RECENT ASCAT SCATTEROMETER PASS. EXPECT 7-10 FT SEAS SPREADING SOUTHWARD ALONG BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. THE SWELLS WILL THEN SUBSIDE WITH 5-8 FT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA ON MON AND MON NIGHT...AND 4-7 FT SEAS EXPECTED ON TUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS S OF 28N. MODEL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THAT NORTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N OF 27N BETWEEN 120W AND 123W BY 24 HOURS WHERE SEAS WILL ALSO BE 11-13 FT...DIMINISHING TUE. NE WINDS AT 20-25 KT WILL BLEED THROUGH BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE PASSES STARTING TUE...SPREADING SW TO NEAR 27N116W BY EARLY WED BEFORE DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE WED. A 1029 MB SURFACE HIGH IS ANALYZED AT 32N132W WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SE TO NEAR 20N112W. NE 15-20 KT TRADES ARE OBSERVED ACROSS THE TROPICS BETWEEN THE ITCZ AND THE RIDGING WITH AN AREA OF EMBEDDED 20-25 KT NE WINDS AND 9-14 FT SEAS ACROSS THE W CENTRAL WATERS FROM 07N TO 22N W OF 120W. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY RELAX THROUGH MON NIGHT WITH THE EFFECTED AREA OF 20-25 KT CONDITIONS SHRINKING ACROSS THE WATERS FROM 08N TO 14N W OF 130W...DIMINISHING TO 20 KT OR LESS ACROSS THE DISCUSSION WATERS ON TUE WITH MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH FRI. THE COMBINED SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TO THE 6-9 FT RANGE ACROSS THE PACIFIC WATERS W OF 115W BY THU. GULF OF CALIFORNIA...NW-N 15-20 KT WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MON NIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS THE REGION EARLY TUE WITH THE NW FLOW INCREASING TO 20-25 KT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS TUE MORNING...AND 20-30 KT CONDITIONS SPREADING S ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF OF CALIFORNIA BY TUE EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10-11 FT IN LONG FETCH WATERS NEAR 28N BY TUE EVENING. THE GRADIENT WILL RELAX ON WED WITH 15-20 KT FLOW ON WED NIGHT AND ONLY 10-15 KT NW FLOW ON THU WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHERLY AT 5-10 KT THU NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRI. GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...A RAPIDSCAT SCATTEROMETER PASS A FEW HOURS AGO INDICATED FRESH NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE GULF PRIOR TO PEAK NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE FLOW...WHILE THE LATEST RAP AND GFS MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS WINDS INCREASING TO STRONG LEVELS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. EXPECT ONLY 10-15 KT DRAINAGE FLOW TONIGHT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST BY TO THE N THROUGH THE SW GULF OF MEXICO WED WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING FILLING IN ACROSS SE MEXICO IN ITS WAKE. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SURGE THROUGH THE CHIVELA PASS INCREASING TO GALE FORCE WED AFTERNOON...FURTHER INCREASING