000 AXPZ20 KNHC 102141 TWDEP Tropical Weather Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 2205 UTC Sun Sep 10 2017 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 AND TROPICAL LOWS... A tropical wave is along 106W/107W from 20N southward, moving westward 15 knots. Convective precipitation: Scattered moderate to strong from 16N to 19N within 100 nm to the west of the wave. scattered moderate to isolated strong from 12N to 16N between 103W and 110W. scattered moderate to isolated strong from 10N to 13N between 107W and 112W. INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... The monsoon trough passes through 11N86W NW Costa Rica, to 14N94W, to 16N110W, 14N129W, to a 1012 mb low pressure center that is near 13N133W, beyond 11N140W. Convective precipitation: scattered moderate to isolated strong within 540 nm to the south of the monsoon trough between 86W and 110W. scattered moderate to isolated strong also is from 02N to 08N from 86W eastward. isolated moderate to locally strong within 90 nm to the north of the monsoon trough between 123W and 125W, and within 240 nm to the south of the monsoon trough between 123W and 130W. Isolated moderate to locally strong within 180 nm of the 1012 mb low pressure center, from SW through N. ...DISCUSSION... OFFSHORE WATERS WITHIN 250 NM OF MEXICO... A NW to SE oriented trough will meander across the Baja California Peninsula and the Gulf of California with a surface low developing intermittently along the trough axis in the far northern Gulf waters. A W to E orientated ridge will meander from 23N116W to 19N109W through the middle of next week. Gulf of Tehuantepec: Strong to near gale force northerly flow is expected through early Tue, with seas building to 11 ft downstream of the gulf waters near 14N96W. OFFSHORE WATERS WITHIN 250 NM OF CENTRAL AMERICA, COLOMBIA, AND WITHIN 750 NM OF ECUADOR... The monsoon trough is expected to lift N this week with moderate to locally fresh southwesterly monsoonal flow expected S of the trough axis with 6 to 9 ft seas in cross-equatorial swell. These southerly swells with subside to less than 8 ft on Wed night. REMAINDER OF THE AREA... High pressure of 1027 mb centered north of the area near 38N136W extends a ridge southeast to near 21N112W. Moderate anticyclonic flow is expected N of the monsoon trough and W of 115W through early next week. Fresh to locally strong SW monsoonal flow, and seas in the 7 to 11 ft range in long period cross-equatorial swell is forecast to propagate N across the tropical waters between 80W and 115W through Tue. $$ mt