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    AXNT20 KNHC 101131
    TWDAT
    TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
    NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
    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...METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...AND
    RADAR.
    BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
    1015 UTC.
    ...ITCZ...
    ITCZ AXIS IS CENTERED ALONG 5N2W 5N10W 3N24W ACROSS THE EQUATOR
    NEAR 40W TO INLAND OVER SOUTH AMERICA NEAR 1S47W. CLUSTERS OF
    SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION ARE WITHIN 150
    NM EITHER SIDE OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 1W-26W INCLUDING PORTIONS OF
    SW AFRICA.
    ...DISCUSSION...
    GULF OF MEXICO...
    THE SURFACE RIDGE HAS SHIFTED E OUT OF THE GULF TO OVER THE W
    ATLC ONLY COVERING THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AS LOWER PRESSURE
    MAINTAINS CONTROL OVER THE GULF. THE WEAK ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
    SYSTEM REMAINS INLAND NEAR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS A
    SECOND COLD FRONT IS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAIN STATES
    AND WILL ENTER THE GULF LATER TONIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE UPPER
    TROUGH HAS MOVED NE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXITING
    THE GULF WATERS. AN UPPER RIDGE IS OVER THE W GULF ANCHORED IN
    THE E PACIFIC TO OVER TEXAS AND CONTINUES TO DRAW TROPICAL
    MOISTURE ACROSS MEXICO. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 60 NM OF 24N
    E OF 92W ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS. SE TO S SURFACE WINDS
    ACCOMPANIED BY LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE COMBINING
    TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY
    INLAND OVER THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS IN THE GULF
    WATERS N OF 28N FROM APALACHICOLA BAY FLORIDA TO MOBILE ALABAMA.
    LOW CLOUDS AND FOG COVER THE NW GULF N OF 26N W OF 91W TO INLAND
    OVER LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. THE NEXT WEAK FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
    ENTER THE NW GULF LATER TONIGHT WITH A SECOND REINFORCING FRONT
    MOVING INTO THE NW GULF THU MORNING.
    CARIBBEAN SEA...
    THE REMNANTS OF A STATIONARY FRONT CROSSES CENTRAL ATLC ACROSS
    THE E CARIBBEAN OVER THE N LEEWARD ISLANDS NEAR 17N62W TO 16N65W
    WITH A SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUING TO 14N73W. ISOLATED SHOWERS DOT
    MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SE CARIBBEAN S
    OF 15N E OF 66W AND THE NW CARIBBEAN W OF 82W WHERE MOSTLY CLEAR
    SKIES PREVAIL. THE FRONT IS SUPPORTED BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
    OVER THE W AND CENTRAL ATLC.
    ATLANTIC OCEAN...
    SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE W ATLC IS ANCHORED BY A 1020 MB HIGH NEAR
    29N70W AND EXTENDS W TO OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA PROVIDING THE
    AREA WITH GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A BAND OF
    ISOLATED SHOWERS USHERED IN ON THE WEAK UPPER FLOW EXTENDING
    WITHIN 75 NM OF A LINE FROM 26N68W TO 24N80W THEN OVER THE
    FLORIDA KEYS. A DEEP LAYER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE W AND CENTRAL
    ATLC N OF 25N FROM 45W-65W SUPPORTING A COLD FRONT THAT ENTERS
    THE E ATLC NEAR 32N27W EXTENDING TO 28N34W BECOMING STATIONARY
    AND CONTINUING ALONG 22N47W INTO THE NE CARIBBEAN OVER THE N
    LEEWARD ISLANDS NEAR 17N62W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN 180 NM NW OF THE ENTIRE FRONT.
    A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS ANALYZED W OF THE FRONT EXTENDING
    THROUGH 32N52W TO 23N57W. THE REMAINDER OF THE E ATLC IS
    DOMINATED BY A DEEP LAYERED RIDGE WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE
    ANCHORED BY A 1020 MB HIGH WSW OF THE CANARY ISLANDS NEAR 26N24W
    AND THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NEAR 10N42W WHICH IS KEEPING
    CONDITIONS FAIR ACROSS THE AREA.
    FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
    HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE


    forecast by WALLACE
    updated at 705 AM EST WED MAR 10 2010

    AXPZ20 KNHC 101536
    TWDEP
    TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
    NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
    1605 UTC WED MAR 10 2010
    TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM
    THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W.
    BASED ON 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
    1500 UTC.
    ...ITCZ...
    AXIS IS ALONG 05N77W 06N84W 06N115W 04N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE
    TO STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 90 NM N AND 180 NM OF THE AXIS
    BETWEEN 77W TO 92W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG
    CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 116W
    AND 130W. ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 120 NM S OF THE
    AXIS BETWEEN 137W AND 140W.
    ...DISCUSSION...
    AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE SW CONUS OVER
    SOUTHERN ARIZONA TO 28N125W TO 22N140W. A STRONG JETSTREAM IS SE
    OF THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WITH WESTERLY CORE WINDS OF
    125-170 KT FROM 20N140W 25N125W TO ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAJA
    CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO INTO SOUTHERN
    TEXAS. SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE TO ADVECT
    MOISTURE NORTHEASTWARD IN THE FORM OF BROKEN CIRRUS CLOUDS
    WITHIN 400 TO 500 NM SE OF THE JET. MODERATE TO STRONG
    SUBSIDENCE AND DRY STABLE AIR IS NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
    ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TROUGH AXIS AS IT CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY
    SHIFT E-SE.
    A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE INFLUENCES THE REMAINDER OF THE
    DISCUSSION AREA WITH AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTERED NEAR
    08N114W. ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE...
    DIFFLUENCE ALOFT IS PROVIDING FURTHER SUPPORT FOR THE ONGOING
    CONVECTION EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ITCZ...WHILE E OF 114W MOSTLY
    STABLE CONDITIONS EXIST N OF 08N...INCLUDING ACROSS SOUTHERN
    MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
    AT THE SURFACE...CONTINUED SURFACE RIDGING DOMINATES THE AREA N
    OF 10N W OF 105W. A LARGE AREA OF NE TO E TRADES OF 20 TO 25 KT
    IS NOTED ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. ALSO...A PAIR
    OF SURFACE TROUGHS ARE ANALYZED S OF 09N AND ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN
    THE ITCZ AXIS...ONE ALONG 118W AND THE OTHER ALONG 125W. THESE
    REMAIN THE FOCUS OF ITCZ CONVECTION BETWEEN 116W AND 130W.
    FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
    HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE


    forecast by HUFFMAN

    Updated on: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:12 GMT
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    Updated on: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:12 GMT
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  • Atlantic

    ATLANTIC PUBLIC/MARINE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE MESSAGES
    ISSUED IN THE LAST 6 HOURS
    END OF REPORT


    Updated on: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:12 GMT
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  • Pacific

    EASTERN/CENTRAL PACIFIC TROPICAL DISTURBANCE MESSAGES
    ISSUED IN THE LAST 6 HOURS
    END OF REPORT


    Updated on: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:12 GMT
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    Houston (42035)

    29.0°, -94.8°
    Air temperature:  61°
    Water temperature:  57°
    Pressure:  1005.0 (+0.7) in.
    Wind speed:  E at 07 kts.
    Wind gust:  07 kts.
    Wave height:  1.0 m.
    Wave period:  8 s.
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    Houston (SRST2)

    29.67°, -94.05°
    Air temperature:  62°
    Water temperature:  no report
    Pressure:  1005.7 (+0.7) in.
    Wind speed:  SE at 03 kts.
    Wind gust:  05 kts.
    Wave height:  no report

    Gulf (42019)

    27.91°, -95.36°
    no report
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    Corpus Christi (PTAT2)

    27.83°, -97.05°
    Air temperature:  61°
    Water temperature:  61°
    Pressure:  1004.0 (+1.4) in.
    Wind speed:  SE at 12 kts.
    Wind gust:  14 kts.
    Wave height:  no report
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    Padre Island (42020)

    26.97°, -96.69°
    Air temperature:  64°
    Water temperature:  63°
    Pressure:  1002.8 (+0.9) in.
    Wind speed:  SE at 10 kts.
    Wind gust:  14 kts.
    Wave height:  1.5 m.
    Wave period:  8 s.
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    42002

    25.79°, -93.67°
    Air temperature:  71°
    Water temperature:  76°
    Pressure:  1003.7 (+0.7) in.
    Wind speed:  14 kts.
    Wind gust:  18 kts.
    Wave height:  1.3 m.
    Wave period:  7 s.

    42041

    no report
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:04 GMT

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