322
WTPZ44 KNHC 270859
TCDEP4
TROPICAL STORM CELIA DISCUSSION NUMBER 33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP042010
200 AM PDT SUN JUN 27 2010
DEEP CONVECTION HAS BECOME RATHER LIMITED THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW
CELLS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF CELIA.
THE INITIAL INTENSITY FOR THIS ADVISORY IS SET AT 45 KT...AND IS
BASED ON A BLEND OF SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM TAFB AND
SAB...AND A CIMSS ADT ESTIMATE OF 43 KT. FURTHER WEAKENING IS
ANTICIPATED...AND CELIA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW IN LESS
THAN 2 DAYS AND ULTIMATELY DISSIPATE AROUND DAY 3.
THE INITIAL MOTION ESTIMATE IS 280/5....AND THIS GENERAL MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE CYCLONE DECAYS TO A REMNANT LOW.
SOME REDUCTION IS FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE
NORTH ERODES IN RESPONSE TO AN AMPLIFYING MID-TROPOSPHERIC TROUGH
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
FROM THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY AND IS COMPRISED OF A BLEND OF THE
DYNAMICAL MODELS.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 27/0900Z 15.9N 123.4W 45 KT
12HR VT 27/1800Z 16.0N 124.1W 35 KT
24HR VT 28/0600Z 16.0N 124.7W 30 KT
36HR VT 28/1800Z 16.0N 125.3W 25 KT
48HR VT 29/0600Z 16.0N 125.8W 20 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
72HR VT 30/0600Z 16.0N 127.0W 20 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
96HR VT 01/0600Z...DISSIPATED
$$
FORECASTER ROBERTS/STEWART
323
WTPZ45 KNHC 270859
TCDEP5
TROPICAL STORM DARBY DISCUSSION NUMBER 18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP052010
200 AM PDT SUN JUN 27 2010
DEEP CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH DARBY HAS BEEN BURSTING
INTERMITTENTLY THIS MORNING...BUT IS DISPLACED TO THE WEST OF THE
CIRCULATION CENTER. UW-CIMSS SHEAR PRODUCT INDICATES 30 KT OF
EASTERLY SHEAR AFFECTING THE OUTFLOW OVER THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE CYCLONE. THIS STRONG UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTFLOW PATTERN OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX. THE INITIAL INTENSITY
IS BASED ON A FEW INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM CIMSS...AN AMSU ESTIMATE
OF 38 KT...A SATELLITE CONSENSUS MEASUREMENT OF 53 KT...AND
CONSTRAINED BY RULES...DVORAK SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF 66 KT AND 55
KT FROM TAFB AND SAB RESPECTIVELY. BASED ON THESE DATA...THE
INITIAL INTENSITY IS LOWERED TO 50 KT. THE SHIPS
MODEL...LGEM...AND FSU SUPERENSEMBLE ALL SUGGEST THAT THE EASTERLY
SHEAR AFFECTING DARBY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD...RESULTING
IN A CONTINUED WEAKENING TREND. THE INTENSITY FORECAST FOLLOWS
SUIT AND IS BASED ON A BLEND OF THE AFOREMENTIONED MODELS REDUCING
DARBY TO A REMNANT LOW SWIRL OF CLOUDS IN 3 DAYS OR LESS.
INITIAL MOTION IS ESTIMATED AT 270/3...WITHIN THE LIGHT EASTERLY LOW
TO MID-LEVEL FLOW GENERATED BY A RIDGE EXTENDING TO THE NORTH OF
DARBY FROM CENTRAL MEXICO. SINCE DARBY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
CONSIDERABLY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...THE DECAYING CYCLONE
SHOULD MAKE A TURN NORTHEASTWARD AROUND THE 24 HR PERIOD IN
RESPONSE TO THE RATHER LARGE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL
STORM ALEX CURRENTLY MOVING OVER YUCATAN. THE OFFICIAL NHC
FORECAST IS CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST BUT A LITTLE SLOWER ON
THE TURN TO THE NORTHEAST...AND HEDGES TOWARD THE TVCN MODEL
CONSENSUS.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 27/0900Z 13.5N 103.3W 50 KT
12HR VT 27/1800Z 13.5N 103.4W 40 KT
24HR VT 28/0600Z 13.9N 103.0W 35 KT
36HR VT 28/1800Z 14.2N 102.5W 25 KT
48HR VT 29/0600Z 14.5N 101.9W 25 KT
72HR VT 30/0600Z 14.9N 100.9W 20 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
96HR VT 01/0600Z...DISSIPATED
$$
FORECASTER ROBERTS/STEWART
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