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 WTPZ42 KNHC 200841
 TCDEP2
  
 TROPICAL STORM GREG DISCUSSION NUMBER  15
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP072011
 200 AM PDT SAT AUG 20 2011
  
 AFTER A SMALL BURST OF MODERATE TO DEEP CONVECTION AROUND 00Z...
 CONVECTION HAS DWINDLED SOMEWHAT BOTH IN VERTICAL DEPTH AND
 AREAL COVERAGE SINCE THEN. A BRIEF EYE-LIKE FEATURE HAS ALSO BEEN
 REVEALED AS THE CIRRUS CANOPY HAS THINNED. SATELLITE INTENSITY
 ESTIMATES ARE 45 KT AND 35 KT FROM TAFB AND SAB...RESPECTIVELY...SO
 THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS LOWERED TO 40 KT FOR THIS ADVISORY.
 
 THE INITIAL MOTION IS 275/09. GREG REMAINS ON TRACK SO THERE IS NO
 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE PREVIOUS TRACK FORECAST RATIONALE. A
 GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST IS FORECAST AS GREG
 CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER PROGRESSIVELY COOLER WATER...BECOMING A
 SHALLOW SYSTEM AND BEING STEERED BY THE LARGE LOW-LEVEL CENTRAL
 PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF THE CYCLONE. THE GLOBAL
 MODELS ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON THIS SCENARIO...AND THE
 FORECAST TRACK IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY TRACK.
 
 GREG IS CURRENTLY OVER 23.5C SSTS...AND ONLY COOLER WATER AND DRY
 STABLE AIR LIE AHEAD OF THE CYCLONE. AS A RESULT OF THESE
 UNFAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS...GREG SHOULD CONTINUE TO
 STEADILY WEAKEN AND GRADUALLY SPIN DOWN INTO A NON-CONVECTIVE
 REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY 24 HOURS OR SO...AND DISSIPATE BY 96
 HOURS...IF NOT SOONER.
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INIT  20/0900Z 19.7N 119.0W   40 KT  45 MPH
  12H  20/1800Z 19.8N 120.4W   30 KT  35 MPH
  24H  21/0600Z 19.7N 122.2W   30 KT  35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  36H  21/1800Z 19.6N 123.7W   25 KT  30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  48H  22/0600Z 19.2N 125.1W   25 KT  30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  72H  23/0600Z 18.2N 127.5W   20 KT  25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  96H  24/0600Z...DISSIPATED
  
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 FORECASTER STEWART