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AXNT20 KNHC 102354
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TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 PM EDT SUN JUL 10 2011

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

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

...TROPICAL WAVES...

TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS ANALYZED FROM
13N44W TO 5N51W MOVING W NEAR 15 KT. WAVE REMAINS AT THE LEADING
EDGE OF AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AS DEPICTED IN THE TOTAL
PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY AND IS WELL DEFINED IN THE UPPER
LEVEL SATELLITE WINDS. CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION
ARE WITHIN 120 NM W OF THE WAVE AXIS.

TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN IS ANALYZED ALONG 76W S
OF 19N MOVING W NEAR 15 KT. WAVE REMAINS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA
OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AS DEPICTED IN THE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE
WATER IMAGERY THAT COVERS MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN W OF 70W. WAVE
IS BENEATH AN UPPER RIDGE AND JUST TO THE E OF OF AN UPPER LOW
WITH NO ASSOCIATED CONVECTION.

THE TROPICAL WAVE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS ANALYZED ALONG
92W/93W S OF 23N MOVING W NEAR 10 KT. WAVE IS AT THE EMBEDDED
WITHIN AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AS DEPICTED IN THE TOTAL
PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY. HOWEVER...THERE IS LITTLE INDICATION
OF MOISTURE AT THE LOWER LEVELS AND THUS NO ASSOCIATED SHOWERS/
CONVECTION.

...THE ITCZ/THE MONSOON TROUGH...

THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS W AFRICA ALONG 19N10W THEN S
INTO THE E TROPICAL ATLC NEAR 127B16W TO 11N16W WITH THE ITCZ
AXIS CONTINUING ALONG 8N35W TO 9N45W THEN RESUMES NEAR 9N51W
TO INLAND OVER SOUTH AMERICA NEAR 8N61W. SCATTERED MODERATE
CONVECTION IS WITHIN 75 NM OF LINE FROM 9N19W TO INLAND OVER W
AFRICA NEAR 11N15W AND S OF THE ITCZ AXIS TO INLAND OVER SOUTH
AMERICA BETWEEN 52W-57W.

...DISCUSSION...

GULF OF MEXICO...
AN UPPER LOW IS INLAND OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WITH AN UPPER TROUGH
EXTENDING S TO NE MEXICO COVERING THE W GULF OF MEXICO W OF 95W.
AN UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF ANCHORED OVER
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EXTENDS E INTO THE W ATLC. AN UPPER LOW IN
THE NW CARIBBEAN IS INCREASING THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS OVER THE SE
GULF. A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE W ATLC ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA TO OVER THE N GULF N OF 25N WITH A 1018 MB HIGH IN THE
NE GULF NEAR 27N85W. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE INLAND
OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MOVING INTO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE
WITHIN 60/75 NM ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN 90W-93W. SCATTERED
SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INLAND OVER FLORIDA AND
WITHIN 60 NM ALONG THE COAST FROM NAPLES TO PENSACOLA. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE N/CENTRAL
GULF N OF 25N TO INLAND OVER LOUISIANA BETWEEN 89W-92W LEAVING
THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING.
TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE W TO ALONG 95W BY MON MORNING THEN
WEAKEN AND MOVE INLAND ACROSS MEXICO TUE. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE ACROSS YUCATAN PENINSULA TUE AND
ACROSS BAY OF CAMPECHE WED AND THU.

CARIBBEAN SEA...
UPPER LEVEL LOW IS OVER THE W CARIBBEAN CENTERED NEAR 18N81W
COVERING THE AREA W OF 76W TO INLAND OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
AND CENTRAL AMERICA. SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE WITHIN 120/150 NM OF LINE FROM INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA
NEAR 14N83W ALONG 17N79W TO OVER CUBA NEAR 20N78W AND INLAND
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CUBA WITH ISOLATED CLUSTERS OF SIMILAR
ACTIVITY OVER THE FAR W CARIBBEAN S OF 20N W OF 86W TO INLAND
OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS
THE SW CARIBBEAN FROM COLOMBIA TO COSTA RICA...S OF THE TROPICAL
WAVE...INTO THE E PACIFIC REGION GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS S OF 12N TO INLAND OVER PANAMA BETWEEN
COLOMBIA AND COSTA RICA. AN UPPER RIDGE COVERS THE REMAINDER OF
THE CARIBBEAN GIVING THE AREA S OF 16N BETWEEN 68W-76W HIGH
CLOUD COVER. THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN IS UNDER MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
WILL MOVE W REACHING W CARIBBEAN ON MON AND INTO CENTRAL AMERICA
AND FAR NW CARIBBEAN MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE. TROPICAL WAVE IN
CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLC WILL MOVE ACROSS SE CARIBBEAN TUE REACHING
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN EARLY THU AND THE W CARIBBEAN FRI.

SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND...THE MONSOON TROUGH IN THE NORTHEAST
PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHWARD WHERE IT IS FORECAST TO
EXTEND ACROSS SOUTHERN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA BY
WEDNESDAY...BECOMING CONSIDERABLY STRONGER BY THE END OF THIS
WEEK. IN RESPONSE TO THIS...ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ADVECT INTO CENTRAL AMERICA...POTENTIALLY
GENERATING AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE MUDSLIDES OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTHERN MEXICO...ESPECIALLY FOR
THE SECOND HALF OF THIS WEEK. FOR NOW...WE WILL CONTINUE
MONITORING MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST MODELS FOR CONSISTENCY ON THIS
POSSIBLE SCENARIO.

ATLANTIC OCEAN...
AN UPPER RIDGE ANCHORED INLAND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTENDS OVER
THE W ATLC ALONG 30N TO 63W. AN UPPER TROUGH IS N OF THIS UPPER
RIDGE SUPPORTING A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY N OF THE
DISCUSSION AREA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE N PERIPHERY OF
THE AREA N OF 30N BETWEEN 60W-80W. AN UPPER LOW IS IN THE
CENTRAL ATLC CENTERED NEAR 26N59W WITH AN UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING
S ALONG 22N58W BECOMING A SHEAR AXIS TO NEAR 21N68W. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS SUPPORTING A SURFACE TROUGH THAT EXTENDS FROM 31N54W
TO 25N58W GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN 120 NM E OF THE TROUGH AXIS. THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS
IS ENHANCING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INLAND
OVER THE N CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL
WATERS FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TO HAITI. THE REMAINDER OF THE
ATLC IS DOMINATED BY A LARGE SURFACE RIDGE ANCHORED BY A 1030 MB
HIGH N OF THE DISCUSSION AREA ABOUT 400 NM WSW FROM THE AZORES
WITH A RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING W THROUGH 32N45W ALONG 28N72W ACROSS
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO LEAVING THE
REMAINDER OF THE ATLC UNDER FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
EVENING. THIS SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN FROM CENTRAL ATLC TO
FLORIDA PENINSULA ALONG 28N.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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PAW




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