ZCZC MIATCDAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLGA DISCUSSION NUMBER 24 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 AM EST FRI NOV 30 2001 OLGA APPEARS TO HAVE WEAKENED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. A 02Z SSMI PASS SHOWED NO SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 30 KNOTS. THERE WERE SOME 35 KT VECTORS FROM THE QUIKSCAT THIS MORNING...BUT THEY WERE CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE SWATH EDGE IN AN AREA WHERE THE PASSIVE SSMI DATA SHOWED LOWER WINDS. THERE IS NO LONGER ENOUGH DEEP CONVECTION TO GENERATE A DVORAK DATA-T NUMBER. OLGA BARELY HAS ENOUGH ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO QUALIFY AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE. THERE ARE ALSO HINTS THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION IS BEGINNING TO DISTORT IN RESPONSE TO THE CONVECTION BEING DISPLACED WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A VERY DRY ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MITIGATING AGAINST THE WARMING WATER TEMPERATURES...AND OLGA MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS A NON-CONVECTIVE REMNANT LOW THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. THE INITIAL MOTION IS 240/15...THE SAME AS BEFORE...AND THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST THINKING. THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AVN AND UKMET AS TO HOW FAST THE RIDGE TO THE NORTHWEST OF OLGA WILL WEAKEN...WITH THE AVN STALLING THE REMNANTS OF OLGA BEFORE REACHING THE BAHAMAS. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS NOT AS SLOW AND CARRIES A WEAK REMNANT LOW INTO THE BAHAMAS IN ABOUT 48 HOURS. FORECASTER FRANKLIN FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 30/1500Z 24.2N 66.8W 30 KTS 12HR VT 01/0000Z 23.5N 69.0W 30 KTS...DISSIPATING 24HR VT 01/1200Z 23.0N 71.0W 25 KTS...REMNANT LOW 36HR VT 02/0000Z 23.0N 72.5W 25 KTS...REMNANT LOW 48HR VT 02/1200Z 23.0N 74.0W 20 KTS...REMNANT LOW 72HR VT 03/1200Z 23.0N 76.0W 20 KTS...REMNANT LOW NNNN