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 661 
 WTPZ42 KNHC 220841
 TCDEP2
  
 TROPICAL STORM BUD DISCUSSION NUMBER   6
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022012
 200 AM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012
  
 DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN PRODUCING A
 LARGE AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION WITH VERY COLD CLOUD TOPS.  RECENT
 MICROWAVE IMAGERY AND ASCAT DATA INDICATE THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER
 IS LOCATED NEAR THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE MAIN MASS OF CONVECTION DUE
 TO MODERATE EASTERLY SHEAR.  THE ASCAT DATA SHOWED 30 TO 35 KT
 WINDS IN A SMALL AREA TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER.  BASED ON
 THIS DATA THE DEPRESSION IS UPGRADED TO A 35-KT TROPICAL STORM...
 THE SECOND OF THE 2012 EAST PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON.
 
 THE MODERATE EASTERLY SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE SHORT
 TERM WHICH SHOULD KEEP BUD FROM STRENGTHENING QUICKLY TODAY.  BY
 TONIGHT...THE UPPER-LEVEL WIND PATTERN IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE
 CONDUCIVE FOR STRENGTHENING AS AN UPPER-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE DEVELOPS
 NEAR OR JUST EAST OF BUD.  NEARLY ALL OF THE INTENSITY GUIDANCE
 BRINGS BUD TO HURRICANE STRENGTH IN 36 TO 48 HOURS...AND SO DOES
 THE OFFICIAL FORECAST.  LATER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD... INCREASING
 SHEAR AND SLIGHTLY COOLER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
 INDUCE SOME WEAKENING.  THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS A BLEND OF THE
 INTENSITY GUIDANCE THROUGH ABOUT 72 HOURS...BUT THE NHC FORECAST
 SHOWS LESS WEAKENING THAN THE STATISTICAL GUIDANCE AT 96 AND 120
 HOURS.
 
 CENTER FIXES FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF ASCAT PASSES DURING THE PAST
 12-18 HOURS SHOWS THAT BUD IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER...295/10 KT. 
 THE TROPICAL STORM IS FORECAST TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER
 TODAY AS A WEAKNESS DEVELOPS IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE.  BUD IS
 EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD IN ABOUT 36 HOURS AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH
 OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES DEEPENS.  AFTER THAT TIME...THE
 TRACK FORECAST UNCERTAINTY INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE SPREAD IN
 THE GUIDANCE AT 72 HOURS AND BEYOND BECOMES QUITE LARGE.  THERE ARE
 BASICALLY TWO CAMPS OF MODELS IN THE LONG RANGE...THOSE THAT SHOW A
 DEEPER TROUGH WHICH CAUSES BUD TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD INTO
 MEXICO...AND A SECOND GROUP THAT TURNS BUD NORTHEASTWARD...BUT
 SHOWS THE CYCLONE DECELERATING AS IT NEARS SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 
 FOR NOW THE OFFICIAL FORECAST LEANS TOWARD THE LATTER SOLUTION
 WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE TYPICALLY RELIABLE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS.
 
 WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUD...THIS IS THE EARLIEST DATE ON RECORD
 FOR THE SECOND TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IN THE EAST PACIFIC. IT
 SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS EARLIEST DATE OF MAY 29.
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INIT  22/0900Z 10.4N 103.0W   35 KT  40 MPH
  12H  22/1800Z 11.3N 104.2W   40 KT  45 MPH
  24H  23/0600Z 12.4N 105.5W   50 KT  60 MPH
  36H  23/1800Z 13.3N 106.3W   60 KT  70 MPH
  48H  24/0600Z 14.3N 106.4W   75 KT  85 MPH
  72H  25/0600Z 16.3N 105.3W   80 KT  90 MPH
  96H  26/0600Z 17.5N 104.3W   60 KT  70 MPH
 120H  27/0600Z 18.0N 104.0W   50 KT  60 MPH
  
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 FORECASTER BROWN
  
 
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