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ACPA40 PHFO 252159
TWDPA 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
2200 UTC MARCH 25 2004

CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...FROM 30N TO EQUATOR BETWEEN 140W AND 180
CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC...FROM 25S TO EQUATOR BETWEEN 120W AND 180

BASED ON METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH 1800 UTC AND SATELLITE 
IMAGERY THROUGH 2100 UTC. MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS PAST 24 HOURS UNLESS 
STATED OTHERWISE.


CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC

TROPICAL CYCLONES/DISTURBANCES...
NONE.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES...
ITCZ...ISOLATED CB WITHIN 50 NM OF LINE 05N177W 06N180 ARE NEARLY 
STATIONARY AND REMAINED SPARSE WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY.

MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...KAUAI TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...
JET STREAM FLOWING FROM 18N170W TO 17N147W. SPARSE ISOLATED CB 
WITHIN 30 NM OF 21N155W 23N150W ARE NEARLY STATIONARY AND CHANGED 
LITTLE IN INTENSITY IN THE PAST 10 HOURS.  FOR MORE 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... 
CURRENTLY NO SIGNIFICANT FEATURES/WEATHER. HOWEVER...FRONT THROUGH 
30N178E 26N170E MOVING EAST 30 KT. BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERS/SPARSE 
ISOLATED CB ALONG FRONT.

JOHNSTON ISLAND...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER.


CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC

TROPICAL CYCLONES/DISTURBANCES...
NONE.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES...
CONVERGENCE ZONE...1...WIDELY SCATTERED CB/TCU WITHIN 70 NM OF LINE 
25S146W 17S158W MOVED EAST 20 KT AND INTENSIFIED SLIGHTLY. 

CONVERGENCE ZONE...2...ALONG LINE 25S155W 20S163W 19S168W. BROKEN TO 
OVERCAST CUMULUS ALONG CZ. SPARSE ISOLATED TCU/CB ALONG CZ NORTH OF 
21S. 

SURFACE TROUGH...ISOLATED CB WITHIN 35-50 NM OF LINE 25S122W 
21S131W MOVED EAST 10 KT WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY. 

AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA...
LARGE AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED CB WITHIN 150 NM OF LINE 17S177W 
09S169W MOVED WEST 10 KT AND INTENSIFIED IN THE PAST 12 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...
AREA OF ISOLATED CB BOUNDED BY 08S140W 04S130W 12S136W MOVED WEST 
10 KT AND INTENSIFIED IN THE PAST 12 HOURS.

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