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AXPZ20 KNHC 160951
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1005 UTC SAT APR 16 2016

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...            
ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 07N87W TO 07N115W TO 05N118W TO 02N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 88W AND
93W...AND FROM 04N TO 09N BETWEEN 111W AND 118W.

...DISCUSSION...                                               
A 1028 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR 37N132W EXTENDS AN AXIS S-SE TO
NEAR 17N113W. THIS FEATURE COMBINED WITH A LOW PRESSURE CENTERED
ACROSS NEW MEXICO IS SUPPORTING FRESH TO OCCASIONAL STRONG NW TO
N WINDS N OF 28N E OF 123W. THE SWELL GENERATED BY SLIGHTLY
STRONGER WINDS TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH OF THE DISCUSSION AREA IS
PRODUCING COMBINED SEAS TO 14 FT IN THE VICINITY OF 30N119W.
LATEST UPDATE OF THE FORECAST GRIDS INDICATES WINDS AND SEAS OFF
THE NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST SHOULD DIMINISH AND SUBSIDE
RESPECTIVELY BY SAT NIGHT. S OF THIS AREA...THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND LOWER PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE ITCZ CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES FROM
GENERALLY 04N TO 20N AND W OF 120W WITH SEAS RANGING FROM 7 TO 9
FT IN MIXED SWELL. 

LOOKING AHEAD...THE SURFACE HIGH WILL CONTINUE MOVING NE WHILE
WEAKENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH THE NW WATERS BY
SUN AFTERNOON. 8-9 FT NW SWELL ASSOCIATED WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT
BY 12 TO 18 HOURS...HOWEVER BY SUN NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WILL GENERALLY BE OCCURRING W OF THE FRONT.

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HUFFMAN