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 450 
 WTNT42 KNHC 111438
 TCDAT2
  
 REMNANTS OF SEVEN DISCUSSION NUMBER   8
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL072012
 1100 AM AST SAT AUG 11 2012
  
 AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE DEPRESSION
 HAS OBSERVED SHARP WIND SHIFTS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1000 FT...BUT IT
 HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A PERSISTENT AND WELL-DEFINED CENTER OF
 CIRCULATION.  THE DEPRESSION HAS THEREFORE DEGENERATED INTO A
 TROPICAL WAVE...AND ADVISORIES ARE BEING DISCONTINUED AT THIS TIME.
 THE WAVE WILL BE MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION...AND
 ADVISORIES WOULD BE RE-INITIATED IF NEEDED.
  
 THE WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE WEST AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED
 OF 22 KT.  THE AXIS OF THE WAVE SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE LESSER
 ANTILLES THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE WESTWARD ACROSS THE
 CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS
 TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
 LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
  
 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS FOR
 THEIR HARD WORK INVESTIGATING THE SYSTEM THIS MORNING.
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INIT  11/1500Z 13.3N  58.9W   30 KT  35 MPH
  12H  12/0000Z...DISSIPATED
  
 $$
 FORECASTER BERG/AVILA
  
 
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