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TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 PM EDT WED 18 AUG 2004

TROPICAL WAVE...REMNANTS OF T.S. EARL...IS OVER THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA ALONG 88W S OF 20N MOVING W 20-25 KT. ASSOCIATED
CONVECTION IS INLAND WITH SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
CONVECTION FROM 16N-21N BETWEEN 88W-91W.
...DISCUSSION...
GULF OF MEXICO...
SURFACE RIDGE DOMINATES THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH RIDGE AXIS ALONG
30N FROM N FLORIDA TO E TEXAS. RESULTING SURFACE WINDS OVER THE
GULF OF MEXICO ARE FROM THE EAST AT 10 KNOTS. SCATTERED
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA DUE
MOSTLY TO THE REMNANTS OF T.S. EARL. SCATTERED MODERATE TO
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS OVER FLORIDA FROM 26N-30N BETWEEN
80W-82W DUE TO AIR MASS HEATING. IN THE UPPER LEVELS... AN
ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS CENTERED OVER THE BAHAMAS NEAR
22N77W. UPPER LEVEL WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AT 30-50 KNOTS.

CARIBBEAN SEA...
ON THE SURFACE...STRONG EASTERLIES DOMINATES THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA HAS PATCHES OF
SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION ESPECIALLY FROM
8N-18N BETWEEN 82W-85W...ALSO DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF T.S. EARL.
OVER THE SE CARIBBEAN MOISTURE FROM AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE
IS OVER TRINIDAD AND THE WINDWARD ISLANDS FROM 7N-14N BETWEEN
55W-63W. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS N OF
PUERTO RICO NEAR 22N63W. CYCLONIC FLOW IS OVER THE NE CARIBBEAN
N OF 15N BETWEEN 56W-70W. STRONG SUBSIDENCE COVERS THE
CARIBBEAN N OF 12N BETWEEN 63W-80W.