000 ACPA40 PHFO 300945 TWDPA TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1000 UTC MARCH 30 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 0600 UTC AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0900 UTC. MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS PAST 24 HOURS UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONES/DISTURBANCES... NONE. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES... SHEARLINE...24N140W 20N150W 20N170W AND EXTENDING EAST OF 140W. SHOWERY BROKEN LOW CLOUDS WITHIN 150NM OF SHEARLINE HAVE MOVED SOUTH AT 5KT AND WEAKENED. FRONT...30N178W 27N180 AND EXTENDING NORTH OF 30N AND WEST OF 180. OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDS WITHIN 300NM NORTHWEST OF FRONT HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 10KT WITH LITTLE CHANGE. MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...KAUAI TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. SEE OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES... SHEARLINE ABOVE. 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... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS. SEE OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES...SHEARLINE AND FRONT ABOVE. JOHNSTON ISLAND... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS. ELSEWHERE... NIL. CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONES/DISTURBANCES... NIL. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES... LOW/FRONT 1...LOW 18S141W WITH FRONT THROUGH 22S135W 25S130W AND EXTENDING SOUTHEAST. AREA OF ISOLATED CB BOUNDED BY 13S142W 15S140W 16S137W 19S138W 18S140W 13S142W HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST SLOWLY AND INCREASED IN SIZE. SCATTERED TCU AND BROKEN LAYERED CLOUDS WITHIN 160NM NORTHEAST OF FRONT HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST SLOWLY WITH LITTLE CHANGE. CONVERGENCE ZONE...11S147W 08S167W. WIDELY SCATTERED CB WITHIN 100NM OF CZ HAVE REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY AND INTENSIFIED IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. LOW/FRONT 2...LOW 23S173W WITH FRONT THROUGH 25S170W AND EXTENDING SOUTHEAST. AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED CB BOUNDED BY 18S174W 21S168W 30S159W 19S178W 18S174W HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 20KT AND WEAKENED. AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA... NO ACTIVE CONVECTION. WIDELY SCATTERED TCU AND OVERCAST HIGH CLOUDS. ELSEWHERE... NIL. $$ DONALDSON