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HURRICANE NARDA DISCUSSION NUMBER 6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT SUN OCT 21 2001
RECENT VISIBLE IMAGERY HAS SHOWN OCCASIONAL HINTS OF AN EYE AND A
BANDING FEATURE WRAPPING MORE THAN 100 PER CENT AROUND THE CENTER.
BOTH TAFB MIAMI AND SAB WASHINGTON DETERMINED A DATA T-NUMBER OF
4.0...FOR AN INTENSITY ESTIMATE OF 65 KNOTS. ON THIS BASIS...NARDA
IS UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE. THE UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW CONTINUES TO
LOOK FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE...ALTHOUGH WEAK TO THE SOUTH...AND SHEAR IS
NOT PROHIBITIVELY STRONG AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...NUMERICAL
GUIDANCE INDICATES A LARGE INCREASE OF WESTERLY SHEAR OVER NARDA IN
1-2 DAYS. SOME MORE STRENGTHENING MAY OCCUR IN THE SHORT TERM...BUT
LATER IN THE PERIOD THE CYCLONE IS LIKELY TO BE WEAKENING. THE
INTENSITY FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO THE TRENDS INDICATED BY THE LATEST
SHIPS GUIDANCE. AS NOTED EARLIER...THE GFDL MODEL SHOWS MORE
STRENGTHENING THAN OTHER MODELS...BUT IT HAS A WELL-KNOWN TENDENCY
TO OVER-INTENSIFY SYSTEMS IN CASES OF STRONG SHEAR.
THE MOTION...TRACK FORECAST...AND SYNOPTIC REASONING ARE BASICALLY
UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY PACKAGE. A MID-TROPOSPHERIC
ANTICYCLONE TO THE NORTH OF NARDA SHOULD BE MAINTAINED FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THIS MEANS THAT THE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK IS
LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE OFFICIAL
TRACK FORECAST IS A BLEND OF THE DYNAMICAL GUIDANCE...FASTER THAN
THE GFDL FORECAST BUT SLOWER THAN SHOWN BY THE LATEST AVN OUTPUT.
THE 34-KNOT WIND RADII HAVE BEEN INCREASED SOMEWHAT BASED ON A
RECENT QUIKSCAT PASS OVER NARDA.
FORECASTER PASCH
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 21/2100Z 14.2N 131.2W 65 KTS
12HR VT 22/0600Z 15.0N 132.9W 70 KTS
24HR VT 22/1800Z 16.0N 135.4W 70 KTS
36HR VT 23/0600Z 17.0N 138.0W 65 KTS
48HR VT 23/1800Z 18.0N 140.5W 55 KTS
72HR VT 24/1800Z 19.0N 145.0W 40 KTS
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