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 WTNT44 KNHC 141440
 TCDAT4
  
 POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE HUMBERTO DISCUSSION NUMBER  24
 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092013
 1100 AM AST SAT SEP 14 2013
  
 HUMBERTO CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN A LARGE AND WELL-DEFINED
 CIRCULATION...BUT HAS BEEN WITHOUT ORGANIZED DEEP CONVECTION FOR
 ABOUT 24 HOURS.  GIVEN THE LACK OF DEEP CONVECTION...HUMBERTO IS
 BEING DECLARED A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE ON THIS ADVISORY...WITH
 WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 35 KT BASED ON A RECENT ASCAT PASS.  VERY
 STRONG WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY SHEAR...DRY MID-TROPOSPHERIC AIR...AND A
 TRACK OVER MARGINALLY WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES COULD RESULT IN
 A CONTINUED GRADUAL SPIN-DOWN OF THE CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
 POSSIBLY TWO.  AFTER THAT...REGENERATION OF HUMBERTO INTO A
 TROPICAL CYCLONE SEEMS LIKELY SINCE THE CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING OVER
 WARMER WATERS AND EXPERIENCING A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SHEAR.  GLOBAL
 MODELS SHOW HUMBERTO INTERACTING WITH A LARGE MID-LATITUDE TROUGH
 IN ABOUT 3 DAYS. THIS INTERACTION COULD BE THE IMPETUS FOR A FASTER
 RATE OF INTENSIFICATION LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD.  THE NHC
 INTENSITY PREDICTION IS KEPT HIGHER INITIALLY ASSUMING A SLOWER
 RATE OF DECAY.  THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS KEPT THE SAME AND IS
 SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE BULK OF THE INTENSITY GUIDANCE.
  
 THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...285/11...
 AROUND A LOW- TO MID-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC. THE
 FORWARD MOTION OF HUMBERTO SHOULD GRADUALLY TURN NORTHWESTWARD AND
 SLOW DOWN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN IT MOVES INTO A
 WEAKNESS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC. A STRONG TROUGH IN THE
 WESTERLIES APPROACHING HUMBERTO IN ABOUT 3 DAYS SHOULD LEAD TO A
 TURN NORTHEASTWARD WITH ACCELERATION ON DAYS 4 AND 5. THE NHC TRACK
 FORECAST IS ABOUT THE SAME AS BEFORE BUT SLOWER ON DAYS 3 TO 5...
 LYING IN BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS AND CLOSE TO THE MULTI-MODEL
 CONSENSUS TVCA.
  
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HUMBERTO CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS
 FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS
 HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.
  
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INIT  14/1500Z 25.4N  35.4W   35 KT  40 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
  12H  15/0000Z 25.8N  37.1W   30 KT  35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  24H  15/1200Z 26.7N  39.3W   30 KT  35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
  36H  16/0000Z 27.5N  41.2W   35 KT  40 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
  48H  16/1200Z 28.6N  42.6W   35 KT  40 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
  72H  17/1200Z 30.9N  44.1W   45 KT  50 MPH
  96H  18/1200Z 33.7N  44.1W   55 KT  65 MPH
 120H  19/1200Z 37.5N  41.5W   65 KT  75 MPH
  
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 FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN