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 842 
 WTNT43 KNHC 300837
 TCDAT3
 TROPICAL STORM LISA DISCUSSION NUMBER  44
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 5 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2004
  
 ALTHOUGH THE EYE FEATURE REMAINS...DEEP CONVECTION THROUGHOUT THE
 CIRCULATION IS DIMINISHING...AS LISA MOVES OVER 26C...79F WATERS. 
 DVORAK NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN...BUT I WILL HOLD THE INTENSITY AT
 60 KT FOR NOW AND SEE WHAT THE NEXT QUIKSCAT PASS REVEALS.  THE
 SHEAR WILL REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND THE WATERS WILL
 COOL ONLY SLOWLY...SO THERE WOULD BE SOME CHANCE FOR LISA TO
 BRIEFLY REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH SHOULD THERE BE A RENEWED
 CONVECTIVE BURST NEAR THE CORE.  NEITHER THE SHIPS NOR THE GFDL
 INTENSITY GUIDANCE SHOWS MUCH WEAKENING OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...BY
 WHICH TIME LISA SHOULD BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE EXTRATROPICAL
 CIRCULATION OF JEANNE.  GIVEN THE RECENT MARKED DECLINE IN
 CONVECTION...THE OFFICIAL FORECAST WILL SHOW A FASTER DECAY
 THAN THE NUMERICAL GUIDANCE.
 
 THE INITIAL MOTION IS 335/10. LISA REMAINS ON TRACK AND IS MOVING
 NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AROUND THE NORTHEAST PERIPHERY OF AN
 UPPER-LEVEL LOW. AS THE LOW DROPS TO THE SOUTH...LISA IS EXPECTED
 TO TURN SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH A BREAK IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE.
 BY 36 HOURS...THE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO GET PICKED UP BY THE
 APPROACHING REMNANTS OF JEANNE. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS VERY CLOSE
 TO THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY EXCEPT FOR TERMINATING THE TRACK A LITTLE
 SOONER.
  
 FORECASTER FRANKLIN
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INITIAL      30/0900Z 32.5N  47.0W    60 KT
  12HR VT     30/1800Z 33.8N  47.6W    60 KT
  24HR VT     01/0600Z 35.6N  47.7W    55 KT
  36HR VT     01/1800Z 37.7N  46.5W    45 KT
  48HR VT     02/0600Z...ABSORBED INTO REMNANTS OF JEANNE
  
  
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