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AXNT20 KNHC 250605
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TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015

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 0000 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
0545 UTC.

...TROPICAL WAVES...

A TROPICAL WAVE IS W OF THE ITCZ FROM 1N TO 11N WITH AXIS NEAR
38W...MOVING W AT 13 TO 15 KT DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS. SSMI TPW
IMAGERY SHOW HIGH CONCENTRATION OF MOISTURE AT MIDDLE TO LOWER
LEVELS W AND E OF ITS AXIS. IN THE IMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT OF THE
WAVE AXIS...THIS MOISTURE CONCENTRATES FROM THE CENTER TO THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF IT. THE MOISTURE ALONG WITH A DIVERGENT
ENVIRONMENT ALOFT SUPPORT SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN
400 NM E OF THE WAVE AXIS FROM 05N TO 08N AND WITHIN 120 NM W OF
IT FROM 03N TO 05N. METEOSAT DUST AND SAL TRACKING IMAGERY
INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF DUST AND DRY AIR IN THE NORTHERN REGION
OF THE WAVE...THIS RESULTING IN THE LACK OF CONVECTION.

...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH...

THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS ACROSS AFRICA REACHING THE TROPICAL
ATLANTIC NEAR 13N16W TO 08N19W. THE ITCZ BEGINS NEAR 08N19W AND
CONTINUES ALONG 05N27W TO EAST OF A TRPCL WAVE NEAR 06N36W.
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 100 NM S OF THE MONSOON
TROUGH AND THE ITCZ E OF 30W. FOR CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TRPCL WAVE SEE THE SECTION ABOVE. WEST OF THE TRPCL WAVE...A
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 05N41W TO 01N44W WITH SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF ITS AXIS.

...DISCUSSION...

GULF OF MEXICO...

A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
ROCKIES EXTENDS A TROUGH SE ACROSS TEXAS AND INTO THE W
GULF...THUS SUPPORTING A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 24N91W TO 15N93W.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED BY A CENTER OF 1032 MB OVER THE
NW ATLANTIC EXTENDS A RIDGE AXIS SW ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
INTO THE EASTERN GULF TO 90W. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
ALONG WITH A DIFFLUENT ENVIORNMENT ALOFT SUPPORT SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION AND TSTMS N OF 25N BETWEEN 87W AND 94W.
SIMILAR CONVECTION IS ALSO OBSERVED IN THE SW GULF S OF 23N W OF
95W AND IN THE SE GULF S OF 27N E OF 84W. SURFACE RIDGING WILL
BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

CARIBBEAN SEA...

BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC CONTINUES TO
EXTEND INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...THUS GENERATING
A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE SW BASIN...RESULTING IN WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 KT ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA WITH SEAS FROM 8 TO
11 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 15N W OF 70W AND E OF 79W...TRADES OF 15
KT DOMINATE. SSMI TPW IMAGERY SHOW PATCHES OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
ACROSS CUBA AND HISPANIOLA...THUS ENHANCING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. LOW PRESURE OVER NORTHERN COLOMBIA ALONG WITH A DIVERGENT
ENVIRONMENT ALOFT SUPPORT SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION AND
ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 12N BETWEEN 74W AND 83W. ISOLATED SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NE BASIN...ENHANCED BY SHALLOW MOISTURE.
FAIR WEATHER IS ELSEWHERE BEING SUPPORTED BY DEEP LAYER DRY AIR.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

...HISPANIOLA...

SHALLOW MOISTURE SURROUNDS THE ISLAND...THUS ENHANCING ISOLATED
SHOWERS OVER COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. DEEP LAYER DRY AIR IS OVER
THE ISLAND AS DEPICTED BY SSMI TPW AND WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY...WHICH IS SUPPORTING FAIR WEATHER. EXCEPT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS DUE TO
OROGRAPHIC LIFTING AND DAYTIME HEATING...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
IS EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

ATLANTIC OCEAN...

A DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 30N57W SW TO 29N69W
TO 29N79W WITH NO CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ELSEWHERE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND FAIR WEATHER PREVAILS. THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TRANSITIONING INTO A SURFACE TROUGH BY MONDAY
MORNING.

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

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