ZCZC MIATCDAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-TWO DISCUSSION NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT SAT OCT 08 2005 SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT THE NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSIRE AREA SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA HAS ACQUIRED SUFFICIENT ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO BE CALLED A SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION... SUBTROPICAL INSTEAD OF TROPICAL DUE TO THE INTERACTION WITH A LARGE-MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTH OF THE CYCLONE. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF A CENTRAL CONVECTIVE FEATURE... WITH AN ELONGATED OUTER BAND IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMICIRCLE. SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES ARE 25-30 KT FROM TAFB AND 35-40 KT FROM SAB. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 30 KT IS A BLEND OF THESE. THE INITIAL MOTION IS A SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN 320/13...UNCERTAIN BECAUSE WHILE THE OVERNIGHT MOTION WAS NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD THE LAST FEW IMAGES SUGGEST A TURN TOWARD THE LEFT. IN THE SHORT TERM...THE CYCLONE SHOULD MOVES GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD BETWEEN A LARGE DEEP-LAYER RIDGE TO THE NORTH AND THE LARGE MID/UPPER-LEVEL LOW TO THE SOUTH. AFTER 48 HR OR SO...THE TRACK FORECAST BECOMES LOW CONFIDENCE AS A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD APPEARS IN THE GUIDANCE. IF THE LARGE-SCALE MODELS ARE RIGHT...A SECOND LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL FORM TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION...WHICH COULD STEER THE SYSTEM MORE WESTWARD. ON THE OTHER HAND...IF THE NEW LOW IS SLOWER TO FORM OR TROUGHING CONTINUES ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AS SUGGESTED BY THE LARGE-SCALE MODELS...THE CYCLONE COULD TURN MORE TOWARD THE NORTH. THE TRACK FORECAST AFTER 48 HR WILL CALL FOR A GRADUAL NORTHWARD TURN AT A DECREASING FORWARD SPEED ON THE PREMISE THAT THE MID/UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHING WILL BE THE DOMINANT STEERING MECHANISM. THE DEPRESSION IS CURRENTLY IN DEEP-LAYER EASTERLY FLOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MID/UPPER-LEVEL LOW WITH ABOUT 10 KT OF SHEAR. THE SHIPS MODEL SUGGESTS THAT THE SYSTEM WILL UNDERGO SOME PULSES OF SHEAR DURING THE NEXT THREE DAYS...AND THEN UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT SHEAR AFTER THREE DAYS. THE GFDL AND THE LARGE-SCALE MODELS ALL LOSE THE SYSTEM IN 36-72 HR. ALL OF THIS...COMBINED WITH SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF 26C-27C ALONG THE FORECAST TRACK...SUGGEST THE CYCLONE COULD STRUGGLE TO INTENSIFY. THE INTENSITY FORECAST CALLS FOR MODEST STRENGTHENING IN LINE WITH THE SHIPS MODEL...WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 50 KT IN 48 KT. IF THE LARGE-SCALE MODELS ARE CORRECT ON THE FORMATION OF THE SECOND LOW...OR IF THE SHIPS MODEL IS CORRECT ABOUT THE SHEAR...THE CYCLONE COULD WEAKEN FASTER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST AFTER 72 HR. THERE IS A CHANCE THE CYCLONE COULD FULLY TRANSITION TO A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HR. FORECASTER BEVEN FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 08/1500Z 28.1N 59.0W 30 KT 12HR VT 09/0000Z 29.2N 60.7W 35 KT 24HR VT 09/1200Z 30.4N 63.4W 40 KT 36HR VT 10/0000Z 31.2N 66.4W 45 KT 48HR VT 10/1200Z 32.3N 68.3W 50 KT 72HR VT 11/1200Z 34.0N 71.5W 50 KT 96HR VT 12/1200Z 36.0N 72.0W 45 KT 120HR VT 13/1200Z 37.0N 72.0W 40 KT $$ NNNN
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