297  
AXPZ20 KNHC 290900  
TWDEP  
 
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  
1005 UTC THU MAY 29 2025  
 
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM  
03.4S TO 30N, EAST OF 120W INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, AND  
FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N, BETWEEN 120W AND 140W. THE FOLLOWING  
INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY, WEATHER OBSERVATIONS,  
RADAR, AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.  
 
BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH  
0900 UTC.  
   
..SPECIAL FEATURES
 
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E IS CENTERED NEAR 13.3N 106.0W AT  
29/0900 UTC, MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 8 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM  
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 30  
KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED  
LATER TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A NORTHWARD TURN FRI. THE DEPRESSION IS  
EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY OR TONIGHT. NUMEROUS  
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS NOTED FROM 08N TO 16N BETWEEN  
101W AND 110W. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK, A TROPICAL  
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM GUERRERO  
TO JALISCO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TROPICAL STORM  
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWARD FROM OFFSHORE CABO CORRIENTES  
TO NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA FRI NIGHT INTO  
SAT.  
 
PLEASE READ THE LATEST HIGH SEAS FORECAST ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL  
HURRICANE CENTER AT WEBSITE -  
HTTPS://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TEXT/MIAHSFEP2.SHTML AND THE LATEST  
ONE-E NHC FORECAST/ADVISORY AND PUBLIC ADVISORY AT  
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV FOR MORE DETAILS.  
   
..INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH
 
 
THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 10N79W TO 13N101W AND FROM  
12N107W TO 09N129W. THE ITCZ AXIS CONTINUES FROM 09N129W TO  
07N140W. ASIDE FROM THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH T.D. ONE-E,  
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION CAN BE FOUND FROM 06N TO 12N  
BETWEEN 111W AND 134W.  
   
..OFFSHORE WATERS WITHIN 250 NM OF MEXICO
 
 
PLEASE SEE THE SPECIAL FEATURES SECTION ABOVE FOR INFORMATION ON  
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E.  
 
NORTH OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION, A RIDGE DOMINATES THE OFFSHORE  
FORECAST WATERS OFF BAJA CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING MODERATE TO  
LOCALLY FRESH NW WINDS WITH MODERATE SEAS. LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS  
ARE NOTED OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO  
CABO CORRIENTES. TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE IMPACTS OF T.D.-ONE-E,  
OFFSHORE OAXACA AND CHIAPAS, MAINLY GENTLE SE WINDS AND MODERATE  
SEAS IN MIXED SWELL PREVAIL.  
 
FOR THE FORECAST, THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX OFFSHORE BAJA  
CALIFORNIA INTO THE WEEKEND, CAUSING WINDS TO DIMINISH TO GENTLE  
TO MODERATE.  
 
...OFFSHORE WATERS WITHIN 250 NM OF CENTRAL AMERICA, COLOMBIA,  
AND WITHIN 750 NM OF ECUADOR...  
 
FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NE WINDS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE PAPAGAYO  
REGION. ELSEWHERE, MAINLY GENTLE WINDS WITH MODERATE SEAS IN SW  
SWELL PREVAIL. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING  
NEAR THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH.  
 
FOR THE FORECAST, HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE AREA COMBINED WITH  
FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SW  
CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG NE TO  
E WINDS IN THE PAPAGAYO REGION INTO FRI. ELSEWHERE, LIGHT TO  
GENTLE WINDS WILL PERSIST N OF THE MONSOON TROUGH, WITH GENTLE TO  
LOCALLY MODERATE S TO SW WINDS PREVAILING TO THE S OF IT THROUGH  
INTO THE WEEKEND. LONG PERIOD SW SWELL WILL BUILD ACROSS THE  
OFFSHORE FORECAST WATERS, LEADING TO ROUGH SEAS BETWEEN ECUADOR  
AND THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN.  
   
..REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
 
 
PLEASE, SEE THE SPECIAL FEATURES SECTION ABOVE FOR INFORMATION  
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E.  
 
HIGH PRESSURE OF 1025 MB LOCATED NEAR 30N134W EXTENDS A RIDGE  
ACROSS MOST OF THE WATERS N OF THE ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH AND W OF  
110W WHILE LOWER PRESSURES PERSIST TO THE EAST RELATED TO  
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E. GENTLE TO MODERATE N TO NE WINDS AND  
MODERATE SEAS PREVAIL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE WITH THE  
EXCEPTION OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH NE WINDS IN THE TRADE WIND  
ZONE.  
 
FOR THE FORECAST, HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE  
WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST WATERS N OF THE  
ITCZ/MONSOON TROUGH AND W OF 110W THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS  
THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE NW  
CORNER OF THE FORECAST REGION. THIS WILL SUPPORT MODERATE TO  
LOCALLY FRESH TRADE WINDS. FARTHER SOUTH, A NEW SET OF LONG  
PERIOD SW SWELL WILL BRING SEAS TO 8 TO 9 FT OVER MOST OF THE  
WATERS S OF 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 122W BY FRI. LOOKING AHEAD, A  
NEW AND STRONGER HIGH PRESSURE CENTER, MOVING EASTWARD N OF THE  
REGION, WILL BRING FRESH NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE N WATERS,  
PARTICULARLY N OF 25N AND W OF 125W THIS WEEKEND.  
 

 
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