000 ACPA40 PHFO 180946 TWDPA TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION EASTERN NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER/WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE HONOLULU HI 1000 UTC JANUARY 18 2004 NORTH PACIFIC...FROM 30N TO EQUATOR BETWEEN 140W AND 180 SOUTH PACIFIC...FROM 25S TO EQUATOR BETWEEN 120W AND 180 BASED ON METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH 0600 UTC AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0900 UTC. MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS PAST 24 HOURS UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. NORTH PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONES/DISTURBANCES... NONE. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES... ITCZ...ISOLATED CB/TCU WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE 03N166W 04N170W HAVE MOVED WEST SOUTHWEST 15 KT WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AREA OR INTENSITY. FRONT...30N161W 25N166W 18N180 AND EXTENDING NORTH OF 30N AND WEST OF DATELINE. ISOLATED CB AND BROKEN LAYERED CLOUDS WITHIN 60NM OF FRONT NORTH OF 24N HAVE MOVED EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 KT WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AREA OR INTENSITY. MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...KAUAI TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. FOR DETAILS...SEE THE LATEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE WITH WMO HEADER ATHW40 PHFO AND AWIPS HEADER HFOSIMHI. NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...KURE ATOLL TO NIHOA INCLUDING MIDWAY... SEE OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES...FRONT. JOHNSTON ISLAND... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. ELSEWHERE... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. SOUTH PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONES/DISTURBANCES... NONE. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES... SURFACE TROUGH 1...25S121W 17S135W 13S145W 10S158W AND EXTENDING SOUTH OF 25S. ISOLATED CB WITHIN 180 NM NORTHEAST OF TROUGH EAST OF 131W HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKENED WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AREA. ISOLATED CB WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 13S138W 13S134W 15S130W HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AREA OR INTENSITY. WIDELY SCATTERED CB WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE THROUGH 09S157W 10S149W 11S145W HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...INTENSIFIED...AND INCREASED IN AREA. SURFACE TROUGH 2...15S173W 11S180 AND EXTENDING WEST OF 180. ISOLATED CB WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY... WEAKENED...AND DECREASED IN AREA. UPPER TROUGH...ISOLATED CB/TCU THAT EXTEND SOUTH OF 25N WITHIN AREA PARTIALLY BOUNDED BY 22S176W 25S172W 25S180 22S176W HAVE MOVED NORTH 10 KT...INTENSIFIED...AND INCREASED IN AREA. AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA... SEE SOUTH PACIFIC OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES...SURFACE TROUGH 2...FOR CONVECTION WEST OF SAMOA. ELSEWHERE... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. WROE