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AXNT20 KNHC 281020
TWDAT

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 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 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1015 UTC.

...SPECIAL FEATURES...

TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS CENTERED NEAR 17.7N 67.7W AT 28/0900 UTC
OR AT ABOUT 135 NM ESE OF SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC...MOVING W AT 15 KT. ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006
MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT.
NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 12N-18N BETWEEN
63W-68W. ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO
RICO...THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMAT5/WTNT25 KNHC
AND THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST PRODUCT UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS
MIAHSFAT1/FZNT02 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS.

...TROPICAL WAVES...

A TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER THE E ATLANTIC WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM
15N33W TO A 1012 LOW NEAR 10N34W TO 07N35W...MOVING W AT 15-20
KT OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. MODERATE MOISTURE PREVAILS IN THE
ENVIRONMENT OF THIS WAVE AS NOTED IN TPW IMAGERY. SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 11N-14N BETWEEN 33W-37W.

A TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC WITH AXIS EXTENDING
FROM 21N47W TO 07N50W...MOVING W AT 15-20 KT OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS. MODERATE MOISTURE FROM THE SURFACE TO NEARLY 700 MB IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE AS INDICATED BY CIRA LAYER
PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY. HOWEVER...THE PRESENCE OF A SAHARAN
DRY AIRMASS IN THE WAVE ENVIRONMENT IS CURRENTLY SUPPRESSING ANY
CONVECTION.

...ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH...

THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS INTO THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC NEAR
17N17W TO A 1012 MB LOW NEAR 10N34W TO 10N38W. THE ITCZ BEGINS
FROM THAT POINT TO 10N47W. ASIDE FROM THE CONVECTION RELATED TO
THE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 34W...SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS
OBSERVED FROM 08N-14N BETWEEN 37W-48W.

...DISCUSSION...

GULF OF MEXICO...

A BROAD MID TO UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
TO THE S-SW ACROSS THE GULF TO A BASE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE.
THIS TROUGH SUPPORTS A STATIONARY FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM
NORTHERN FLORIDA NEAR 31N84W TO 23N87W TO 24N96W. SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION IS OBSERVED WITHIN 100 NM OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE IS SUPPORTING ISOLATED
CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF MAINLY S OF THE FRONT.
SCATTEROMETER DATA DEPICTS A LIGHT TO GENTLE NORTHERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE BASIN. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...EXPECT FOR THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
GULF.

CARIBBEAN SEA...

THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST IN THE BASIN IS TROPICAL STORM
ERIKA CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE NE CARIBBEAN. PLEASE REFER TO
THE SPECIAL FEATURES SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS. UPPER-LEVEL
DIFFLUENCE GENERATED BY THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH
OVER THE GULF COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARE
SUPPORTING ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF CUBA
AFFECTING THE NW CARIBBEAN AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. FAIR
WEATHER PREVAILS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BASIN.
SCATTEROMETER DATA DEPICTS LIGHT TO GENTLE TRADES ACROSS THE W
AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND HIGHER WINDS SURROUNDING ERIKA MAINLY
E OF 68W. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...EXPECT FOR ERIKA TO CONTINUE
MOVING ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN THEN MOVE WNW ENTERING THE SW
ATLANTIC.

...HISPANIOLA...

FAIR WEATHER PREVAILS ACROSS THE ISLAND AT THIS TIME. THE CENTER
OF TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR OVER
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OVER THE NEXT 06-12 HOURS. ERIKA IS EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
ISLAND THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

ATLANTIC OCEAN...

UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE W ATLANTIC IS SUPPORTING
ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE BAHAMAS MAINLY W OF 76W. TO THE
SE...SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
STORM ERIKA...DISCUSSED IN THE SPECIAL FEATURES SECTION
ABOVE...IS S OF 21N BETWEEN 62W-66W. TWO TROPICAL WAVES ARE
MOVING ACROSS THE E AND CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC. PLEASE SEE
THE TROPICAL WAVES SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS. THE REMAINDER OF
THE BASIN IS DOMINATED BY A SURFACE RIDGE ANCHORED BY A 1020 MB
HIGH NEAR 29N64W AND A 1021 MB HIGH NEAR 29N27W.

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

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