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FXCA20 KWBC 261904  
PMDCA  
 
TROPICAL DISCUSSION - INTERNATIONAL DESKS  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
304 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2024  
 
FORECAST BULLETIN 26 JUN 2024 AT 1905 UTC:  
NOTE: DUE TO INTERNAL NETWORK ISSUES...SOME PRODUCTS IN OUR  
WEBSITE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE. AS SOON AS THE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED...THIS WILL BE  
EXPLICITLY INDICATED IN OUR MAIN WEBSITE.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY...SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA IS SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT  
OF A CENTRAL AMERICAN GYRE...EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL  
OVER CENTRAL AMERICA AND INTO MEXICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PANAMANIAN TROUGH AND A TROPICAL WAVE  
WILL INDUCE CIRCULATION OVER PANAMA AND COSTA RICA...AND ONSHORE  
FLOW WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITABLE WATER ARE EXPECTED TO  
INTERACT WITH THE OROGRAPHY OF BOTH COUNTRIES. ADDITIONAL UPPER  
LEVEL SUPPORT IS EXPECTED FROM A FAST MOVING KELVIN WAVE ON  
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THAT IS MOVING OVER CENTRAL AMERICA AND  
INTO NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA. IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION...FROM  
SOUTHERN GUANACASTE PENINSULA IN COSTA RICA...TO THE GULF OF  
CHIRIQUI IN PANAMA...EXPECT MAXIMA OF 75-150MM. FROM EAST  
HONDURAS...SOUTH INTO NICARAGUA..NORTH AND EAST COSTA RICA...INTO  
THE AZUERO PENINSULA IN PANAMA...EXPECT MAXIMA OF 30-60MM. THE  
REST OF PANAMA...CAN EXPECT MAXIMA OF 20-35MM...DUE TO THE LESS  
FAVORABLE FLOW MOVING ONSHORE. RELATED TO THE CIRCULATION OF THE  
DEVELOPING CAG...SOUTHWESTERN COLOMBIA CAN EXPECT MAXIMA OF  
40-80MM WITH THE WESTERLY ONSHORE FLOW INTERACTING WITH THE  
REGION. ON THURSDAY...THE CAG CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE  
NORTHWESTWARD...WHERE THE GENERALIZED CENTER IS EXPECTED OVER  
NICARAGUA. MOIST ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO COSTA  
RICA AND PANAMA...WHERE LONG FETCH WILL FAVOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION.  
WEST AZUERO PENINSULA AND THE GULF OF CHIRIQUI REGION CAN EXPECT  
MAXIMA OF 50-100MM. SOUTHWEST PANAMA INTO SOUTH GUANACASTE CAN  
EXPECT MAXIMA OF 35-70MM. EL SALVADOR AND THE WEST GULF OF FONSECA  
REGION CAN EXPECT MAXIMA OF 30-60MM WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF  
INCREASED MOISTURE FROM THE CAG. GUATEMALA...BELIZE...EAST  
HONDURAS...NICARAGUA...EAST COSTA RICA...AND CENTRAL PANAMA CAN  
EXPECT GENERALIZED MAXIMA OF 20-45MM...IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE  
CAG. ON FRIDAY...THE CAG CONTINUES MOVING ALONG CENTRAL AMERICA  
AND MOVES NORTHWARD...CENTERED APPROXIMATELY OVER EL SALVADOR AND  
HONDURAS. LOW LEVEL JETS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF  
THE CAG...WHERE BELIZE AND HONDURAS WILL BE LOCATED IN THE  
CYCLONIC SIDE OF THE JET...FAVORING DEEP CONVECTION. IN THE GULF  
OF FONSECA REGION...ONSHORE FLOW...LONG FETCH...AND HIGH AMOUNTS  
OF PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO ENHANCE  
CONVECTION...AS SUCH...EAST EL SALVADOR...SOUTH HONDURAS...AND  
NORTHWEST NICARAGUA CAN EXPECT MAXIMA OF 75-150MM. WITH BELIZE  
BEING IN THE CYCLONIC SIDE OF THE LLJ...AS WELL AS ONSHORE  
FLOW...EXPECT MAXIMA OF 40-80MM. SIMILAR AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN  
SOUTH NICARAGUA AND NORTHWEST COSTA RICA. GENERALIZED AMOUNTS OF  
30-70MM ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF  
CHIAPAS...GUATEMALA...AND EAST HONDURAS/NICARAGUA. SOUTHEAST  
NICARAGUA...TO SOUTHERN PANAMA CAN EXPECT MAXIMA OF 20-45MM. FROM  
CENTRAL GUATEMALA...THROUGH CHIAPAS...SOUTH VERACRUZ...AND EAST  
OAXACA...EXPECT MAXIMA OF 20-35MM.  
 
IN THE NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA...EXPECT THE PROPAGATION OF TROPICAL  
WAVES ALONG THE ITCZ TO BRING PRECIPITATION INTO THE REGION. DUE  
TO THE INCREASINGLY CONVERGENT MJO EXPECTED IN THE REGION...HEAVY  
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. THEY WILL  
LIKELY REMAIN MORE LOCALIZED WITH THE PASSING OF THE WAVES. ON  
WEDNESDAY...A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE LAKE MARACAIBO REGION IN  
VENEZUELA...IN ADDITION TO THE MOIST ONSHORE FLOW OVER WEST  
COLOMBIA...WILL FAVOR MAXIMA OF 30-60MM. ELSEWHERE ALONG THE  
ITCZ...EXPECT GENERALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 20-45MM. ON  
THURSDAY...THE TROPICAL WAVES WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWESTERN  
SOUTH AMERICA...WHERE EXPECT GENERALIZED MAXIMA OF 20-35MM. THE  
TROPICAL WAVE OVER COLOMBIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEING  
SUPPORTED BY THE ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE WEST...WHERE EXPECT MAXIMA  
OF 30-60MM. ON FRIDAY...CENTRAL VENEZUELA CAN EXPECT MAXIMA OF  
35-70MM...AS THIS REGION WILL SEE THE EFFECTS OF TWO TROPICAL  
WAVES. SIMILAR AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN COLOMBIA WITH THE  
EFFECTS OF WESTERLY ONSHORE FLOW.  
 
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MEXICO CAN EXPECT GENERALIZED  
PRECIPITATION WITH DIURNAL CONVECTION ALONG THE EJE VOLCANINO  
TRANSVERSAL AND THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL...WHERE GENERALIZED  
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 20-45MM ARE EXPECTED.  
 
THE CARIBBEAN BASIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY AND  
EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED DIURNAL CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.  
IN ADDITION...A SAHARAN AIR LAYER IS FORECAST TO INHIBIT  
CONVECTION. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 25MM.  
 
ACOSTA...(WPC)  
 

 
 
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