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 WTPZ43 KNHC 080238
 TCDEP3
  
 TROPICAL STORM CALVIN DISCUSSION NUMBER   3
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP032011
 800 PM PDT THU JUL 07 2011
  
 CONVENTIONAL SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THE CLOUD PATTERN WENT
 THROUGH A BRIEF BURSTING PHASE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HAS
 SINCE DECREASED IN BOTH VERTICAL EXTENT AND AREAL COVERAGE.
 SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM TAFB AND SAB ARE T3.0/45 KT AND
 T2.5/35 KT...RESPECTIVELY...AND UW-CIMSS ADT VALUES ARE T2.9/43 KT.
 MICROWAVE SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THE MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER
 IS SHEARED AT LEAST 45 NMI TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW-LEVEL
 CENTER. THEREFORE...THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS ONLY BEEN INCREASED TO
 35 KT DESPITE THE HIGHER INTENSITY ESTIMATES...WHICH STILL MAKES
 THE CYCLONE THE THIRD TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON. UPPER-LEVEL
 OUTFLOW REMAINS GOOD IN THE WESTERN SEMICIRCLE BUT RESTRICTED
 ELSEWHERE.
  
 THE INITIAL MOTION ESTIMATE OF 290/12 IS BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION...
 CONTINUITY WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...AND EARLIER MICROWAVE FIXES.
 CALVIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN EMBEDDED WITHIN DEEP-LAYER
 EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A LARGE
 SUBTROPICAL RIDGE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE U.S. SOUTHERN PLAINS
 WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MEXICO. THE GLOBAL MODELS
 BASICALLY MAINTAIN THE STRENGTH AND POSITION OF THE RIDGE
 THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD...WHICH SHOULD KEEP CALVIN MOVING IN
 A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD DIRECTION. AS MENTIONED IN THE
 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...THE HWRF...GFDL...AND GFDN MODELS TAKE THE
 CYCLONE NORTHWARD INTO A WEAKENING RIDGE BY 36 HOURS...WHICH
 APPEARS UNLIKELY GIVEN THE CURRENT STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE. THESE
 MODELS ARE...THEREFORE...CONSIDERED TO BE OUTLIER SOLUTIONS. BY 72
 HOURS...CALVIN IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN INTO A SHALLOW REMNANT LOW
 PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES OVER 23C SSTS...AND BE STEERED MORE
 WESTWARD BY LOW-LEVEL EASTERLY TRADE WINDS. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST
 TRACK IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY TRACK AND LIES
 NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE GLOBAL MODELS ENVELOPE.
  
 EASTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR OF 20 KT IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO NEAR
 10 KT BY 24-36 HOURS...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THE CYCLONE TO GRADUALLY
 STRENGTHEN. HOWEVER...THE MOST FAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW
 PATTERN IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 48 HOURS...AT WHICH
 TIME CALVIN IS FORECAST TO BE OVER MUCH COOLER WATER. THE OFFICIAL
 INTENSITY FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY AND IS A
 BLEND OF THE SHIPS AND LGEM INTENSITY MODELS.
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INIT  08/0300Z 16.0N 104.3W   35 KT  40 MPH
  12H  08/1200Z 16.6N 105.7W   40 KT  45 MPH
  24H  09/0000Z 17.4N 107.6W   50 KT  60 MPH
  36H  09/1200Z 18.0N 109.2W   55 KT  65 MPH
  48H  10/0000Z 18.5N 110.4W   45 KT  50 MPH
  72H  11/0000Z 19.4N 112.9W   25 KT  30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  96H  12/0000Z 20.5N 116.0W   20 KT  25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
 120H  13/0000Z...DISSIPATED
  
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 FORECASTER STEWART