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AXNT20 KNHC 012341
TWDAT

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 PM EDT THU MAY 01 2008

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL
AMERICA...THE GULF OF MEXICO...THE CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE
AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...METEOROLOGICAL
ANALYSIS...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...AND RADAR.

BASED ON 1800 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
2315 UTC.

...THE ITCZ...
THE ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 5N7W 2N16W 1N23W 1N46W CROSSING
THE EQUATOR NEAR 48W. CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED MODERATE/STRONG
CONVECTION COVER THE AREA 8N TO S OF THE EQUATOR BETWEEN 5W-20W.

...DISCUSSION...

GULF OF MEXICO...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF N OVER THE
SE US JUST E OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY. A SURFACE RIDGE
COVERS THE E GULF EXTENDING FROM

****ERROR: INCOMPLETE DATA

RE AREA THROUGH
TUE.

ATLANTIC OCEAN...
SURFACE RIDGE COVERS THE W ATLC INTO THE E GULF ANCHORED BY A
1024 MB HIGH LOCATED OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST PROVIDING
CLEAR SKIES AND FAIR WEATHER FOR THE W ATLC WATERS. MAINLY ZONAL
WESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS PRESENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE ATLC
BASIN. WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS WELL E OF BERMUDA THROUGH 32N55W
ALONG 26N61W TO JUST E OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS N OF HISPANIOLA
NEAR 21N70W. A WEAK 1014 MB HIGH IS CENTERED E OF THE FRONT NEAR
24N57W WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE
FRONT. A SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES TO LINGER IN THE E/CENTRAL
ATLC ALTHOUGH THE UPPER TROUGH IS MAINLY N OF THE REGION. THE
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS THROUGH 32N27W S ALONG 23N35W TO 18N53W
WITH THE REMNANTS CONTINUING ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE
N CARIBBEAN. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 120 NM ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE SURFACE TROUGH. UPPER RIDGE IS INLAND OVER AFRICA WITH
THE WESTERN EDGE E OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND THE CANARY
ISLANDS.

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HUFFMAN/WALLACE






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